Honor
Honor noun - Faithfulness to high moral standards.
Rite
Rite noun - An oft-repeated action or series of actions performed in accordance with tradition or a set of rules.
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It's left up to you whether to refuse to participate in a heathen practice but desecrate a burial ground instead, or to acknowledge a heathen rite and still honor the rest of the fallen.
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Goto's Blood Ravens trilogy, Jonas characterizes the rite "Beacon Psykana" as an honor paid to the dead.
Source: Due to the Dead -
A giorgio (non-Vistani) who performs a great service for the Vistani may be offered the honor of performing the blood rite.
Source: Blood Brothers
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