I wasn't able to go to the actual graduation ceremony but I was at the class-day ceremony for those seniors to graduating from the religion department. -Right.

额，我没有去成毕业典礼仪式,但我参加了宗教系毕业生典礼,但我参加了宗教系毕业生典礼，-恩。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

In Genesis 15,God's promise to Abraham is formalized in a ritual ceremony.

创世纪》15中上帝对亚伯拉罕的应许是通过仪式起效的。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

There are cultic and ritual texts that prescribe how some ceremony is supposed to be performed.

有讲宗教崇拜的,规定一些特定仪式要如何进行。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The imperative of preserving a distinct identity based on giving up the worship of other gods or older gods and observing all that is written in the law of Moses is reiterated in Joshua's farewell address in Joshua 23, and in the covenant renewal ceremony in 24.

保存明确身份的需求,建立在放弃对其他或更早神灵的崇拜之上,并且要遵守写在摩西五经中的所有律法,《约书亚书》第23章约书亚的告别辞中多次重申，在24章中重立契约的仪式上。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选