rites
- plural of rite.
Example Sentences
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Washington and its suburbs spawned their own Ramones, their own Damned, bands with names like Bad Brains, Teen Idles, Tru Fax & the Insaniacs, Minor Threat, Madhouse and Rites of Spring.
From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2022
Morbid Angel has written songs such as "God of Emptiness, Rapture, Immortal Rites, Chapel of Ghouls, Angel of Disease and Blessed are the Sick."
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2021
Picciotto’s band Rites of Spring were pivotal, as were Beefeater and Embrace.
From The Guardian • Nov. 20, 2020
Rites honoring ancestors during one of South Korea’s most important holidays are going virtual, as the country remains on alert for a resurgence of coronavirus cases.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2020
Rites and beliefs become obliterated or die out; religion possesses a power of perpetual resurrection, whose principle cannot be exhausted in any external form or in any dogmatic idea.
From Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Sabatier, Auguste
