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Example sentences for: rites

How can you use “rites” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Cicero and Horace spent student years in Athens, and Emperor Hadrian is said to have been initiated into the sacred mysteries of Demeter at Eleusis (the most famous secret religious rites of ancient Greece; see page74).
Celebrity rites of passage: Dick Morris' wife announced she is divorcing him.
In the Jewish tradition, as I understand it, boys become adults at the age of 13 and go through rites intended to impress that upon them.
Women went from being active to passive participants in the rites of beautification.
Celebrity rites of passage: Two flamboyant icons died.