Famous quotes containing the words ordination and/or rite:
“Two clergymen disputing whether ordination would be valid without the imposition of both hands, the more formal one said, “Do you think the Holy Dove could fly down with only one wing?””
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)
“No doubt they rose up early to observe
The rite of May.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)