Noun
a ceremony having religious meaning
Source: WordNetNot every religion has to have St. Augustine's attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated in a church, everyone present knows what is going to happen that night, but that doesn't prevent it being a religious ceremony. Ludwig Wittgenstein
The notion of religious liberty is that you cannot be forced to participate in a religious ceremony that's not of your choosing simply because you're out-voted. Ira Glasser
There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy. Charles Alexander Eastman
“Because I love to wear short dresses and at the same time, when I go to a religious ceremony, I wear a veil. Source: Internet
Alpert, 16 A civil marriage followed in 1918 with the religious ceremony held at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome a year later. Source: Internet
Bidding farewell main Observing the closing havdalah ritual in 14th-century Spain Havdalah (Hebrew: הבדלה, "separation") is a Jewish religious ceremony that marks the symbolic end of Shabbat, and ushers in the new week. Source: Internet