Funeral+rite
11rite — noun (C) 1 a ceremony that is always performed in the same way, usually for religious purposes: funeral rites | satanic rites | perform a rite: a traditional rite that was performed at harvest time 2 rite of passage a special ceremony or action… …
12rite — UK [raɪt] / US noun [countable] Word forms rite : singular rite plural rites a traditional ceremony, especially a religious one funeral rites perform a rite: The traditional rites of homage to the emperor were performed. • See: the last rites …
13rite — noun Rite is used after these nouns: ↑burial, ↑funeral, ↑initiation …
14Norse funeral — Ship burial of a Varangian Chieftain Heinrich Semiradzki (1883) Burial customs of Viking Age Norsemen (early medieval Scandinavians) are known both from archaeology and from historical accounts such as the Icelandic sagas, Old… …
15Catholic Funeral — A Catholic Funeral refers to the funeral rites specifically in use in the Roman Catholic Church. Within the church, they may also be referred to as Ecclesiastical Funerals . In Catholic funerals, the church seeks to provide spiritual support for… …
16death rite — ▪ anthropology Introduction any of the ceremonial acts or customs employed at the time of death and burial. Throughout history and in every human society, the disposal of the dead has been given special significance. The practice was… …
17The Rite of Constantinople (Byzantine Rite) — The Rite of Constantinople † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Rite of Constantinople (Also BYZANTINE RITE.) The Liturgies, Divine Office, forms for the administration of sacraments and for various blessings, sacramentals, and exorcisms …
18African Rite — In the history of Christianity, the African Rite refers to a now defunct Catholic, Western liturgical rite, and is considered a development or possibly a local use of the primitive Roman Rite. It used the Latin language. The African Rite may be… …
19Mozarabic Rite — The Mozarabic, Visigothic, or Hispanic Rite is a form of Catholic worship within the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, and in the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church (Anglican).[1] Its beginning dates to the 7th century, and is localized in the… …
20Cistercian Rite — The Cistercian Rite is the liturgical rite, distinct from the Roman Rite, specific to the Cistercian Order of the Roman Catholic Church. The rite is to be found in the liturgical books of this reformed branch of the Benedictines. The collection,… …
