#religious_ceremony__religiousceremony__religious_ritual__religiousritual  a ceremony having religious meaning
  supertype:  ceremony.activity  the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion; "an inaugural ceremony"
  subtype:  agape__love_feast  a religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship
  subtype:  religious_rite__religiousrite__rite  an established ceremony prescribed by a religion; "the rite of baptism"
     subtype:  vigil.religious_rite__watch  a devotional watch (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
        subtype:  wake__viewing  a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there's no weeping at an Irish wake"
        subtype:  agrypnia  a vigil before certain feasts (as e.g. Easter)
     subtype:  last_rites  rites performed in connection with a death or burial
     subtype:  circumcision.religious_rite  a Jewish and Muslim religious rite performed on a male 8 days after birth;
        subtype:  Berith__Berit__Brith__Bris__Briss  the Jewish rite of circumcision performed on a male child on the eighth day of his life
     subtype:  liturgy  a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship
        subtype:  Christian_liturgy  the Christian worship services
     subtype:  office  a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities; "the offices of the mass"
        subtype:  Divine_Office  canonical prayers recited daily by priests (e.g. the breviary of the Roman Catholic Church)
        subtype:  Little_Office  a Roman Catholic office honoring the Virgin Mary; similar to but shorter than the Divine Office
     instance:  orgy
  subtype:  religious_service__religiousservice__service__divine_service  the act of public worship following prescribed rules; "the Sunday service"
     subtype:  church_service__church  a service conducted in a church; "don't be late for church"
     subtype:  prayer_meeting__prayer_service  a service at which people sing hymns and pray together
     subtype:  chapel_service__chapel  a service conducted in a chapel; "he was late for chapel"
     subtype:  committal_service__committalservice  service committing a body to the grave; "the committal service will be held next Monday"
     subtype:  vesper  a late afternoon or evening worship service
        subtype:  placebo  Roman Catholic Church: vespers of the office for the dead
     subtype:  watch_night__watchnight  a devotional service (especially on New Year's Eve)
  subtype:  sacrament  a formal religious act conferring a specific grace on those who receive it
     subtype:  sacrament_of_the_Eucharist__Eucharist__Holy_Sacrament__Liturgy__Eucharistic_liturgy__Lord's_Supper  a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
     subtype:  matrimony  the ceremony or sacrament of marriage
     subtype:  baptism  a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth; "most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism"
        subtype:  affusion__pouring  the act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head
        subtype:  sprinkling__aspersion  the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
        subtype:  immersion  a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged
        subtype:  christening  giving a Christian name at baptism
     subtype:  confirmation.sacrament  a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church
     subtype:  penance  a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and satisfaction and absolution
        subtype:  confession  (Roman Catholic Church) the act of a penitent disclosing his sinfulness before a priest in the sacrament of penance in the hope of absolution
           subtype:  shrift  the act of being shriven
     subtype:  anointing_of_the_sick__extreme_unction__extremeunction__last_rites  a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
     subtype:  holy_orders  the sacrament of ordination
  subtype:  confirmation.religious_ceremony  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
  subtype:  sanctification  a religious ceremony in which something is made holy
     subtype:  beatification  (Roman Catholic Church) the act of declaring that a deceased person lived a holy life and is worthy of public veneration; a first step toward canonization
     subtype:  canonization__canonisation  (Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints
     subtype:  consecration  the act of consecrating; "the Cardinal attended the consecration of the church"
  subtype:  Oblation__religious_offering__religiousoffering  the act of offering the bread and wine of the Eucharist
     subtype:  Offertory  the part of the Eucharist when bread and wine are offered to God
  subtype:  inunction__unction  anointing as part of a religious ceremony or healing ritual
  subtype:  libation  the act of pouring a liquid offering (especially wine) as a religious ceremony
  subtype:  Mass  the celebration of the Eucharist (in the Roman Catholic Church and some Protestant Churches)
     subtype:  High_Mass  a solemn and elaborate Mass with music
     subtype:  Low_Mass  a Mass recited without music
     subtype:  Requiem  a Mass celebrated for the dead

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