rite

Incense is often burned in their religious rites.在他们的宗教仪式上常常要焚香。

funeral/purification rites丧葬/净化仪式

Police suspect that the crime was a gang initiation rite. [=an act that someone must do in order to officially join a gang]警方怀疑此次犯罪是一个帮派入会仪式。