Are they in touch with the pagan rites of spring?

At the same time some pagan rites were still practiced.

Mayhap in part because his own mother practiced a few pagan rites.

He became more fanatically religious, saying that holiday celebrations were pagan rites.

Being unsuccessful in this, he withdrew all state funds that had been set aside for the public performance of Pagan rites.

In London various pagan rites had been instituted under the thin veil of dramatic performances.

And then there was the question of pagan rites, idols, and relics.

The newcomers to the towns reestablished the observance of the pagan rites.

In spite of this disaster, pagans made one last attempt to revive the pagan rites.

Exorcism of evil spirits had been long practiced, frequently in ways very similar to pagan rites.

The site is probably that of an ancient barrow where pagan rites were celebrated, and was originally circular.

Gwenhwyfar said, "I did not know these old pagan rites were still known in Britain.

Pagan rites were banned, monogamy enforced, and churches built.

Holly, like the Christmas tree, owes its origins as holiday ornamentation to old pagan rites.

"Perhaps you have only pagan rites here," Feyd-Rautha said.

Observant Jews had special rights, including the privilege of abstaining from civic pagan rites.

Instruments, as well as certain modes, were actually forbidden in the church because of their association with secular music and pagan rites.

Pagan rites from the pre-Columbian era are still common during the religious festivals of the Natives.

This law also confirms the right of the priests to perform the traditional Pagan rites of the temples.

He found it necessary to reiterate his prohibition of Pagan rites and sacrifices in 435, this time increasing the penalty to death.

Few Jews in Makor bothered with the gymnasium or its pagan rites.

Reports have been heard of nightly rituals ranging from Catholic Masses to grisly pagan rites.

Some of the ceremonial aspects were taken over from pagan rites, others from court practice, which became far more elaborate after the transfer to Constantinople.

With the collapse of official government sanctioned pagan rites, private cults attempted to infiltrate the temples.

Last Pagan Rites, oratorio for chorus, horn & organ.