| The birk held a high place in the secret rites and customs of the Ballad Age. |
| It was only by religious rites that the aleatory element in the struggle for existence could be controlled. |
| Another summer has passed, and with its passing the rites of autumn have begun. |
| Ideally, the altar would be built in a walled garden where rites could be conducted in privacy. |
| He broke the white wafer into small pieces and placed one in his mouth, whispering the rites of Communion. |
| The Acholi tribe has sophisticated rites of forgiveness and reconciliation, a lesson to those of us in the West. |
