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Arcane Rites and Obscure Ceremonies is a hard crossword puzzle with 12 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Arcane Rites and Obscure Ceremonies
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- 1. Festivals of athletic and artistic competitions with ritualistic origins
- 3. Ceremonial act involving ritualistic skin sloughing, a purgative ordeal
- 4. Ancient Hebrew priestly garment, often linked to oracular ceremonies
- 5. Ritual descent to the underworld, symbolic of death and rebirth
- 9. Vestibule in early churches, often a transitional ceremonial space
- 11. Secret cult known for ritualistic strangulations in colonial India
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- 2. Describing gods or spirits with animal form, common in ritual iconography
- 6. A spoken curse or denunciation used in archaic rites
- 7. Ancient procession, a triumphant ascent often featuring grand parades
- 8. Ceremonial pouring of liquid offering to deities or spirits
- 10. Botanical genus used in purification rites for its sudsy properties
- 12. Ancient Roman soothsayer who examined entrails for divine messages
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