religious ceremony

/rɪˈlɪdʒɪs ˈsɛrɪmoʊni/

/rɛˈlɪdʒəs ˈsɛrɛməʊni/

Other forms: religious ceremonies

Definitions of religious ceremony

1. noun

   a ceremony having religious meaning
   synonyms: religious ritual

   types:

   agape, love feast

   a religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship

   religious rite, rite

   an established ceremony prescribed by a religion

   divine service, religious service, service

   the act of public worship following prescribed rules

   sacrament

   a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction

   confirmation

   a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism

   sanctification

   a religious ceremony in which something is made holy

   Oblation, religious offering

   the act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist

   inunction, unction

   anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual

   libation

   the act of pouring a liquid offering (especially wine) as a religious ceremony

   Mass, mass

   (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist

   vigil, watch

   the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

   last rites

   rites performed in connection with a death or burial

   orgy

   secret rite in the cults of ancient Greek or Roman deities involving singing and dancing and drinking and sexual activity

   circumcision

   the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite

   church, church service

   a service conducted in a house of worship

   devotional

   a short religious service

   prayer meeting, prayer service

   a service at which people sing hymns and pray together

   chapel, chapel service

   a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar

   liturgy

   a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship

   office

   a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities

   committal service

   service committing a body to the grave

   none

   a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier

   vesper

   a late afternoon or evening worship service

   watch night

   a devotional service (especially on New Year's Eve)

   Eucharist, Eucharistic liturgy, Holy Eucharist, Holy Sacrament, Liturgy, Lord's Supper, sacrament of the Eucharist

   a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine

   Offertory

   the part of the Eucharist when bread and wine are offered to God

   matrimony

   the ceremony or sacrament of marriage

   baptism

   a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth

   confirmation

   a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church

   penance

   a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and atonement and absolution

   anointing of the sick, extreme unction, last rites

   a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation

   holy order

   the sacrament of ordination

   beatification

   (Roman Catholic Church) an act of the Pope who declares that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization

   canonisation, canonization

   (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints

   consecration

   (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God

   High Mass

   a solemn and elaborate Mass with music

   Low Mass

   a Mass recited without music

   Requiem

   a Mass celebrated for the dead

   type of:

   ceremony

   the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion