Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Rite

Nouns
  • rite
  • ceremony, ritual, liturgy, ceremonial
  • ordinance, observance, function, duty
  • form, formulary
  • solemnity, sacrament
  • incantation etc. (spell) Spell
  • service, psalmody etc. (worship) Worship. ministration
  • preaching, preachment
  • predication, sermon, homily, lecture, discourse, pastoral. [Christian ritual for induction into the faith] baptism, christening, chrism
  • circumcision
  • baptismal regeneration
  • font. confirmation
  • imposition of hands, laying on of hands
  • ordination etc. (churchdom) Churchdom
  • excommunication. [Jewish rituals] Bar Mitzvah, Bris. Eucharist, Lord's supper, communion
  • the sacrament, the holy sacrament
  • celebration, high celebration
  • asperges
  • offertory
  • introit
  • consecration
  • consubstantiation, transubstantiation
  • real presence
  • elements
  • mass
  • high mass, low mass, dry mass. matrimony etc. Marriage
  • burial etc. Interment
  • visitation of the sick. seven sacraments, impanation, subpanation, extreme unction, viaticum, invocation of saints, canonization, transfiguration, auricular confession
  • maceration, flagellation, sackcloth and ashes
  • penance etc. (atonement) Atonement
  • telling of beads, processional
  • thurification, incense, holy water, aspersion. relics, rosary, beads, reliquary, host, cross, rood, crucifix, pyx, censer, thurible, patera
  • eileton, Holy Grail
  • prayer machine, prayer wheel
  • Sangraal, urceus. ritualism, ceremonialism
  • sabbatism, sabbatarianism
  • ritualist, sabbatarian. holyday, feast, fast. [Christian holy days] Sabbath, Pentecost
  • Advent, Christmas, Epiphany
  • Lent
  • Passion week, Holy week
  • Easter, Easter Sunday, Whitsuntide
  • agape, Ascension Day, Candlemas, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Holy Thursday
  • Lammas, Martinmas, Michaelmas
  • All SAint's DAy, All Souls' Day. [Moslem holy days] Ramadan, Ramazan
  • Bairam etc.. etc. [Jewish holy days] Passover
  • Shabuoth
  • Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement
  • Rosh Hashana, New Year
  • Hanukkah, Chanukkah, Feast of Lights
  • Purim, Feast of lots.
Verbs
  • perform service [ritual actions of clergy], do duty, minister, officiate, baptize, dip, sprinkle
  • anoint, confirm, lay hands on
  • give the sacrament, administer the sacrament
  • administer extreme unction
  • hear confession, administer holy penance, shrive
  • excommunicate, ban with bell book and candle. [ritual actions of believers] attend services, attend mass, go to mass, hear mass
  • take the sacrament, receive the sacrament, receive communion, attend the sacrament, partake of the sacrament, partake of communion
  • communicate
  • receive extreme unction
  • confess, go to confession, receive penance
  • anele. [teaching functions of clergy] preach, sermonize, predicate, lecture.
Adjectives
  • ritual, ritualistic
  • ceremonial
  • baptismal, eucharistical
  • paschal.
Phrases
  • what art thou, thou idol ceremony? [Henry V].