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The act of performing divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept, or custom; a formal act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn observance; a ceremony; as, the rites of freemasonry. He looked with indifference on rites, names,

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The act of performing divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept, or custom; a formal act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn observance; a ceremony; as, the rites of freemasonry. He looked with indifference on rites, names, and forms of ecclesiastical polity. Macaulay. Syn. -- Form; ceremony; observance; ordinance.

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  • OFFICEHOLDER
    An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.
  • IMPOSINGNESS
    The quality of being imposing.
  • FUNCTION; FUNCTIONATE
    To execute or perform a function; to transact one's regular or appointed business.
  • CELEBRATION
    The act, process, or time of celebrating. His memory deserving a particular celebration. Clarendok. Celebration of Mass is equivalent to offering Mass Cath. Dict. To hasten the celebration of their marriage. Sir P. Sidney.
  • OFFICE WIRE
    Copper wire with a strong but light insulation, used in wiring houses, etc.
  • FUNCTION
    The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the various organs and parts of the
  • CEREMONY
    1. Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration
  • SOLEMNITY
    A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid. (more info) 1. A rite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity
  • SANCTITY
    1. The state or quality of being sacred or holy; holiness; saintliness; moral purity; godliness. To sanctity she made no pretense, and, indeed, narrowly escaped the imputation of irreligion. Macaulay. 2. Sacredness; solemnity; inviolability;
  • GRAVITY
    The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation. (more info) 1. The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead. 2. Sobriety of
  • OFFICER
    Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer. Field officer, General officer, etc. See under Field, General. etc. -- Officer of the day , the officer who, on a given day, has charge for that day of the quard,
  • PARADE
    An assembly and orderly arrangement or display of troops, in full equipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superior officer; a review of troops. Parades are general, regimental, or private , according to the force assembled. 3. Pompous
  • FUNCTIONAL
    Pertaining to the function of an organ or part, or to the functions in general. Functional disease , a disease of which the symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure; the derangement of an organ arising from a
  • OFFICE
    The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. As for the offices, let them stand at distance. Bacon. (more info) 1. That which a person does, either
  • FUNCTIONARY
    One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries.
  • FUNCTIONLESS
    Destitute of function, or of an appropriate organ. Darwin.
  • POMPOSITY
    The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness. Thackeray.
  • FUNCTIONALIZE
    To assign to some function or office.
  • FUNCTIONALLY
    In a functional manner; as regards normal or appropriate activity. The organ is said to be functionally disordered. Lawrence.
  • POST OFFICE
    See POST
  • BOOKING OFFICE
    1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. 2. An office where passage tickets are sold.
  • CROWN OFFICE
    The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.
  • DEFUNCTION
    Death. After defunction of King Pharamond. Shak.
  • SUBOFFICER
    An under or subordinate officer.
  • UNDEROFFICER
    A subordinate officer.

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