1to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors)
2(bound form) ceremony
3(Tw) (bound form) (celebratory) festival
4(in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; to wield (sth magic)
Example
fán燔chái柴jì祭tiān天shì是yī一zhǒng種gǔ lǎo古老de的yí儀shì式。
燔柴祭天是一種古老的儀式。
The Heavenly Timber Immolation is a kind of ancient ritual.