1.   Here, perhaps, within living memory, the ancient rites were enacted and May yet be again.

2.   They cling to their religion, its strict kosher rules and ancient rites of worship.

3.   Whitewater led to Paula, who led to Monica, who led to the ancient rite of impeachment.

4.   Only in rare cases is the ancient rite of exorcism performed to cast out a troublesome demon.

5.   Believers in Latin America have often blended ancient indigenous rites with Catholic ritual.

6.   But the dancer, with a deer-head mask on his face, continued the ancient rite.

7.   In Brazil last year, I watched a Candomble ceremony that dates back hundreds of years to ancient African rites.

8.   Supporters of the ancient rite charge that abolition of the blood sport in the name of political correctness would deprive the British people of one of their historic freedoms.

9.   That belief, researchers say, is deeply rooted in ancient rites, traced to European and Egyptian folk tales.

10.   Then there has been an inevitable clash of cultures, of Africa and Europe, of ancient rites and modern sensibilities.