Sentence examples for ritual rite from inspiring English sources

But the question is left to us, ritual, rite of passage, and social relation, what is the relationship between them?

If we combine ritual, rite of passage, and action, it is natural to say that all of these actions are rites of passage and that they can be naturally analyzed in three steps.

This struggle of faith goes beyond rituals, rites and rules.

Both of these practices, however, are embedded in one way or another in virtually all other Buddhist rituals, including calendric rituals, pilgrimage rituals, rites of passage, and protective rites.

The British look upon the rituals, rites and Masonic jargon of the Greek college system with the same utter bafflement that Americans might look upon Morris Dancers; the key difference is that when Morris dancers get out of hand, people don't wind up the victims of abuse and torture.

Try reading up on rituals, rites and superstitions to get some ideas.

Their celebrations have created new rituals and rites years in advance of our legal rights.

The mass audience splintered long ago; now viewers are divided into tribes with their own rituals and rites of passage.

Their parents, Mitch and Janis, who divorced when Alex was 13 and Amy was nine, brought them up with an appreciation of the faith's rituals and rites of passage.

Re "Seeking to Clone Schools of Success for Poor" (front page, Aug. 16): It is disturbing enough to read of charter schools in which minority children are subjected "to militaristic discipline and rituals" and rote instruction.

So, if we cannot find revolutionary ways, rituals and rites of passage must be abandoned.