Time-honored practice

The answer

RITE

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Used 9 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2013; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for RITE

Every other clue in this collection answered by RITE, most used first.

• Ceremony - used 265 times, most recently in 2026
• Solemn ceremony - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• Ceremonial act - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Religious ceremony - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ of passage - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
• Baptism, e.g. - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Liturgy - used 36 times, most recently in 2021
• Confirmation, e.g. - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Bar mitzvah, e.g. - used 34 times, most recently in 2025
• Baptism, for one - used 31 times, most recently in 2024
• Observance - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
• Formal ceremony - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Solemn act - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Sacred ceremony - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Bar mitzvah, for one - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
• Bat mitzvah, e.g. - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Solemnity. - used 16 times, most recently in 2003
• Communion, e.g. - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
• Baptism or bar mitzvah - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Customary observance - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Solemn observance - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Ceremonial practice - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Bar mitzvah or baptism - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Formality - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Baptism or bris - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Baptism or confirmation - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Formal observance - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Marriage, e.g. - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• "The ___ of Spring" - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Initiation, e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Marriage, for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Prescribed ceremony - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Stravinsky's "The ___ of Spring" - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
• ___ Aid - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Baptism, for example. - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
• Ceremonial event - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Altar event - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Any formal ceremony - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Confirmation, for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Formal act - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Fraternity initiation, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Sacrament - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Traditional ceremony - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Bris, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Christening, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Confirmation, for example - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Customary practice - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
• Ordinance - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Stravinsky's "___ of Spring" - used 6 times, most recently in 2006

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• At any time - EVER, used 696 times
• A single time - ONCE, used 296 times
• "Once ___ a time ..." - UPON, used 284 times
• Practice boxing - SPAR, used 201 times
• A long time - AGES, used 156 times
• High time? - NOON, used 151 times

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