rites

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This year's rites, drawing Muslim worshippers from across the world, including Iran, follow waves of Iranian attacks on targets in Saudi Arabia and its Gulf neighbours.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Communities practiced cremation, traditional burials, skull only depositions, and complex multi stage burial rites, sometimes within the same settlements.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

“Fed up with the rites of spring,” Columbia Spectator, March 23, 1987.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

It illuminates not just burial rites but artists’ ingenuity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Abandoned by the cluster of ministrants who had obscured her as the last rites were being offered, Guenever stood like a beacon.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White