The first is that all formal rites of mourning will be observed for seven days, in honor of our tragically slain king and father.

Still, the lion had urged Inez to postpone the exigency of formal rites.

The fourth group of children was the last body of Ne'elatians to participate in the formal rites of welcome.

He could see this was some formal rite, which might carry-that inner warning shrilled-more responsibility than he could guess.

While Shakespeare's young lovers had let their feelings run wild in the wood, the couples are now domesticated by the formal rite of marriage.

In the United States, "jukai is a formal rite of passage that marks entrance into the Buddhist community.

At that time, saints were recognized without any formal rite of canonization.

Restrictive cultures overtly discourage sexual activity in unmarried adolescents or until an adolescent undergoes a formal rite of passage.

Although these formal rites and ceremonies were taking place in Heian-kyō, the imperial regalia were still held by Antoku.

Laduguer has few formal rites, as he believes they get in the way of honest work.