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As a general rule, which applies to every other rite,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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_ O light that goodliest shinest Over our mystic rite,
Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy Richard Green Moulton 1886
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Janus, Jupiter, and Juno are concerned in this rite,
The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884
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_Kinnaras_ and _kim-purushas_ mingled in the holy rite,
Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse Romesh Dutt 1878
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And so great the host of mourners wending to perform the rite,
Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse Romesh Dutt 1878
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Vyasa spake; and good Yudhishthir took the _diksha_ of the rite,
Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse Romesh Dutt 1878
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Bhishma and the pious Drona watched the sacrificial rite,
Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse Romesh Dutt 1878
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For the queens of crownéd monarchs wending to the holy rite,
Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse Romesh Dutt 1878
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Skilled mechanics, cunning artists, raised the structures for the rite,
Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse Romesh Dutt 1878
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Even so this _rajasuya_, this thy sacrificial rite,
Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse Romesh Dutt 1878
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