1.   After all, in a secular age when religious rituals have lost meaning for many, the grieving still need comfort.

2.   It depicted what he took to be some sort of religious ritual.

3.   Although they share Jewish traditions that have become part of Israeli national culture, most Israelis do not regularly observe religious rituals.

4.   Ancient religious ritual, after all, is jarring in the slick world of an international luxury hotel.

5.   Behind these musical spectacles were vestiges of religious ritual, where drums have long been used to communicate with both human and spirit worlds.

6.   All around the world, she added, religious rituals are often seen by tourists as one of the most accessible and theatrical windows into a different culture.

7.   Both scents were used during religious rituals, but they were also prized as perfumes for courtship.

8.   Burial and mutilation may have been part of a religious ritual, some archeologists said.

9.   But families will look for comfort in time-honored religious rituals such as baptism, confirmation or bar mitzvahs for their children.

10.   But except for the religious ritual surrounding the slaughter, its processing and handling are governed by the same Agriculture Department regulations that affect all meat in this country.