A water rite is a rite or ceremonial custom in which water is used as the central religious feature, in which a person is immersed or bathed as a symbol of religious indoctrination or ritual purification. Such include the Mikvah in Judaism, a custom of purity, and baptism, a custom representing both purity and indoctrination, in Christianity.

Rites which do not use water as their central feature, for example those which include drinking water, are not themselves considered a "water rite."

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