The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word BAPTISM
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More clues leading to the result BAPTISM
- Initiation that's suitable is in British Museum
- Initiation ceremony unsettled MPs a bit
- Medical graduate saving lives after fitting initiation
- Fitting in again with leader of military ceremony
- Religious ceremony’s point is initially made
- Initiation of infants born with suitable faith
- Religious ceremony requiring bread is held in outskirts of Trondheim
- Roll with ends of tahini and odd bits of some divine dip?
- Religious ceremony: on vacation, miss it, having got up after breakfast?
- Fitting doctrine following initiation of blood rite
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The straight part
We know that "rite" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case rite = baptism.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does BAPTISM mean?
BAPTISM noun- A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.
- A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.