Sentence examples for formal rite from inspiring English sources

But a graduation ceremony is not a class; it is, quite precisely, a ceremony, a formal rite of passage where etiquette and ritual are more important, and more appropriate, than profundity.

At that time, saints were recognized without any formal rite of canonization.

Because the 21st-century United States has a culture without significant formal rites of manhood or womanhood, its people sometimes feel a need to prove themselves physically and emotionally.

At a debate over whether to develop formal rites for same-sex weddings, 50 people testified in favor and 6 against.

Yet in showing its commitment to the democratic process, it has often seemed keener to observe the formal rites than to bring about real change.As in the past, one reason for staying in the game is that the NDP's tactics, in effect, strengthen the Brotherhood's voting clout.

Benedict elevated new groups of cardinals five times during his eight-year papacy, and on all but one of those occasions he gathered the cardinals together for a daylong meeting before the formal elevation rite.

There was no immediate indication of whether President Vladimir V. Putin would attend the formal canonization rites.

The sale, use, or possession of dried mescal buttons or live plants is prohibited by law in many places, although a number of areas also provide exemptions for use in formal religious rites.

The collapse of coalition plans for an elected second chamber – with formal last rites likely to delivered next week by a rueful Nick Clegg – is triggering another bout of speculation about the survival of the coalition.

A formal ceremony or rite of passage might fit certain cultures and situations.

However, funerary architecture often offered a means of "moving beyond the strictures of formal Muslim burial rites" and expressing social dimensions such as status, piety, love for the deceased, and Muslim identity.