| RITUAL | A series of solemn or religious actions done in a prescribed order (6) |
| RITE | Solemn or religious ceremony (4) |
| PASTE | Copy and ___ (actions done in word processing) |
| MACRO | Series of actions done with one instruction (computing) |
| OWLISH | Alluding to the birds of the night, such as the tawny examples in the genus Strix, a word meaning solemn or wise in appearance, especially if bespectacled (6) |
| METHOD | From the Greek meaning "pursuit of knowledge", a word originally for a prescribed medical treatment, later an orderly way of doing something such as following a recipe (6) |
| VOTIVE | Case about to be dismissed in fulfilment of solemn promise (6) |
| RECTOR | In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric in charge of a college or religious house (6) |
| PESACH | Fruit served around start of solemn Passover festival (6) |
| DOSAGE | Correct use of a prescribed drug (6) |
| EXCESS | Exceeding a prescribed or desirableamount; too much (6) |
| INTERN | Resident doctor may confine one to a prescribed area (6) |
| POGROM | Organised persecution of a particular ethnic or religious group (6) |
| OBLATE | A person dedicated to a monastic or religious life (6) |
| ORDERS | Knightly or religious fraternities; commands; or, classes of society (6) |
| ASHRAM | A hermitage or religious retreat, especially in southern Asia (6) |
| ONMEDS | Following a prescribed regimen, informally |
| TABOOS | Social or religious customs banning or restricting certain practices (6) |
| SWAMIS | Title of various Arab rulers or religious leaders (6) |
| NEWAGE | Term applied to a range of spiritual or religious beliefs which developed during the 1970s (3,3) |
