Sentence examples for observance of rites from inspiring English sources

Most traditions agree that perfect understanding is a goal that lies beyond a "simple faith" and the routine observance of rites and duties.

But at the same time, these calendars concede to continued observance of rites of the past.

Under the right conditions, courtesy develops into li, which as a virtue consists in the observance of the rites or the virtue of ritual propriety.

Rishabhanatha instituted marriage, the giving of alms, and the observance of funeral rites.

Several detailed prints by one Bernard Picart, published in 1725, show the observance of Sephardic ritual: a Passover feast, a circumcision rite and the dedication of the Amsterdam synagogue.

But the majority of the performance involved in the project has happened over the last few months for the benefit of no one, really, except Mr. Sachs and his crew, as if the exhibition is only a kind of public observance of much more extensive rites for a new secular religion.

But there are other indicators of Shinto's decline, from statistics showing fewer shrine visits nationally to a decline in observance of the so-called 7-5-3 rites of passage for children on those birthdays, when their families go to a shrine for prayers.

For many Latinos, the Dec. 12 observance of the feast, a Mexican rite signifying the apparition of the Virgin Mary near Mexico City in 1531, is the most important holy day after Christmas.

Women who completed less than the full complement of rites had higher risk than those who completed all rites.

It is still practiced on special occasions, such as on Holy Thursday (the Thursday preceding Easter Sunday) in the Roman Catholic Church and as a rite prior to the observance of the Lord's Supper, as in the Church of the Brethren.

Brahmans are held to be the highest among the castes because of their sanctification through the samskaras (rites of passage) and their observance of restrictive rules.