Rites
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She was refused what they call here the
rites
of sepulture; that is to say, she was denied the privilege of rotting in a churchyard by the side of all the beggars in the parish.
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There's really no ceremony, rituals, or
rites.
By contrast, the first known burials about 120,000 years ago were likely reserved for transgressors, excluding them from the usual
rites
intended to honor the dead.
Well, religious ritual and
rites
were essentially designed to serve the function of the anniversary, to be a container in which we would hold on to the remnants of that sacred, revelatory encounter that birthed the religion in the first place.
"The machines perform what seem religious
rites
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