Ordination, e.g. (4 letters)

{ Answer }

RITE

{ Related Clues }

Ceremony
Communion is one
Diet ___
Exequy
Formality
Liturgy
Observance
___ of passage
Ritual
Sacrament
Solemnity
Baptism or bris
Baptism, e.g.
Bar mitzvah, for one
Bris or confirmation
Ceremonial act
Communion, e.g.
Confirmation, e.g.
Correct procedure?
Formal ceremony
Formal observance
Formal procedure
Graduation, e.g.
Initiation, e.g.
Lavabo, e.g.
Stravinsky's "The ___ of Spring"
Baby naming, e.g.
Baptism or bar mitzvah
Rain dance, e.g.
Practice that can't be wrong?

{ Tags }

act, baptism, bar, bris, cant, ceremonial, ceremony, communion, confirmation, eg, formal, lavabo, liturgy, marriage, mitzvah, observance, passage, procedure, rite, solemnity, spring

{ Notes }

The answer RITE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.

{ Definition }

RITE as a noun:

1. (rite, religious rite) = an established ceremony prescribed by a religion; "the rite of baptism"

2. (ritual, rite) = any customary observance or practice