ritual

To show reverence, admiration, or sympathy for someone, especially by visiting them or attending a ceremony.

To kasher; to prepare (for example, meat) in conformity with the requirements of the Jewish law.

Something twisted, intertwined, or curled.

A vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person.

A mortuary or funeral home.

An obelisk or upright stone pillar, usually as a primitive commemoration or gravestone

To bury again, in the same or another grave.

Ellipsis of cotillion ball; a coming-of-age party meant to present girls newly transitioned into womanhood to the community for courtship.

A married or widowed woman who acts as the primary attendant on the bride at a wedding.

To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.

To offer incense to.

The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced

Pertaining to liturgy.

A slaughtered animal offered and burnt on an altar, as an atonement for sin.

A hollow candle used in certain alternative medicine practices to assist the natural clearing of earwax.

One who ceremonially fills and hands out the cups in which a drink is served.

To entomb; to bury.

To recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray

To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.

To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).