rites

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

From Slate • May 13, 2026

She recalls caring for a friend's bedridden mother, only to be barred from the funeral rites after her death.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

For part of the ceremony, the cathedral in effect became a courthouse where legal rites, written down in 1533 but with their origins much earlier, were enacted.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

The Aztecs’ system of rites, Mr. Sheehan observes, constituted “an active culture of sacrifice on a scale and complexity to rival that of Greece and Rome.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

All the Other ceremonies and rites had been developed in the same way, but this time, there was a difference.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder