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How to use the word rites in a Sentence?

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Where are we then? The religionists are the enemies of liberty, and the friends of liberty attack religion; the high-minded and the noble advocate subjection, and the meanest and most servile minds preach independence; honest and enlightened citizens are opposed to all progress, whilst men without patriotism and without principles are the apostles of civilization and intelligence. Has such been the fate of the centuries which have preceded our own? and has man always inhabited a world like the present, where nothing is linked together, where virtue is without genius, and genius without honor; where the love of order is confounded with a taste for oppression, and the holy rites of freedom with a taste for law; where the light thrown by conscience on human actions is dim, and where nothing seems to be any longer forbidden or allowed, honorable or shameful, false or true?

Alexis de Tocqueville

added by Normando
2 years ago

From the middle stage to the end, it took about maybe 4-5 years, when she was near death … I called in the priest for her last rites. And then she lived another two years. Her heart was so strong, but she really did n’t recognize anyone. It was a slow decline. She had wonderful care. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER Peter Ford passed away in 2006 at age 90. ( Photo by FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images) CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP.

Yasmin Aga Khan

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We were all waiting for him (Kundan) to host the naming ceremony of our daughter. Now we're preparing to hold his final rites.

Neha Ojha

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We gave Evan the last rites and then we turned off her life support, she was declared brain dead…The hospital kept giving me a sliver of hope. I knew it was wrong, but I wanted it to be true. So I hung on for a week. It’s rough. I feel like I’ve been very, very beaten. I hurt from head to toe with the pain of losing my daughter.

Natalie Wood

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

There are no nationally observed rites of atonement in the United States of America, unless you count Valentine's Day.

John Alejandro King, a.k.a. The Covert Comic, www.covertcomic.com

added by anonymous
11 years ago

Arms are instruments of ill omen. . . . When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish. There is no glory in victory, and to glorify it despite this is to exult in the killing of men. . . . When great numbers of people are killed, one should weep over them with sorrow. When victorious in war, one should observe mourning rites.

Lao-Tzu

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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