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Asperges :: Asperges (n.) The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water.

Augury :: Augury (n.) A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur..

Chat :: Chat (v. i.) To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip.

Snatch :: Snatch (n.) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss..

Aulic :: Aulic (n.) The ceremony observed in conferring the degree of doctor of divinity in some European universities. It begins by a harangue of the chancellor addressed to the young doctor, who then receives the cap, and presides at the disputation (also called the aulic)..

Punctilio :: Punctilio (n.) A nice point of exactness in conduct, ceremony, or proceeding; particularity or exactness in forms; as, the punctilios of a public ceremony..

Wed :: Wed (n.) To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse.

Conge :: Conge (n.) The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also, dismissal..

Exercise :: Exercise (n.) The performance of an office, a ceremony, or a religious duty..

Sacrament :: Sacrament (n.) The oath of allegiance taken by Roman soldiers; hence, a sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath..

Form :: Form (n.) Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality; as, a matter of mere form..

Inaugurate :: Inaugurate (v. t.) To cause to begin, esp. with formality or solemn ceremony; hence, to set in motion, action, or progress; to initiate; -- used especially of something of dignity or worth or public concern; as, to inaugurate a new era of things, new methods, etc..

Tonsure :: Tonsure (n.) The first ceremony used for devoting a person to the service of God and the church; the first degree of the clericate, given by a bishop, abbot, or cardinal priest, consisting in cutting off the hair from a circular space at the back of the head, with prayers and benedictions; hence, entrance or admission into minor orders..

Bundle :: Bundle (v. t.) To send off abruptly or without ceremony.

Nuptial :: Nuptial (n.) Marriage; wedding; nuptial ceremony; -- now only in the plural.

Observance :: Observance (n.) An act, ceremony, or rite, as of worship or respect; especially, a customary act or service of attention; a form; a practice; a rite; a custom..

Wait :: Wait (v. t.) To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect..

Sacred :: Sacred (a.) Set apart by solemn religious ceremony; especially, in a good sense, made holy; set apart to religious use; consecrated; not profane or common; as, a sacred place; a sacred day; sacred service..

Wedlock :: Wedlock (v. i.) The ceremony, or the state, of marriage; matrimony..

Informal :: Informal (a.) Not in the regular, usual, or established form; not according to official, conventional, prescribed, or customary forms or rules; irregular; hence, without ceremony; as, an informal writting, proceeding, or visit..

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