noun
1.
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use: rites of baptism; sacrificial rites.
2.
a particular form or system of religious or other ceremonial practice: the Roman rite.
3.
( often initial capital letter ) one of the historical versions of the Eucharistic service: the Anglican Rite.
4.
( often initial capital letter ) liturgy.
5.
( sometimes initial capital letter ) Eastern Church, Western Church. a division or differentiation of churches according to liturgy.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a formal act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious ceremonies: fertility rites; the rite of baptism |
| 2. | a particular body of such acts or procedures, esp of a particular Christian Church: the Latin rite |
| 3. | a Christian Church: the Greek rite |
| [C14: from Latin rītus religious ceremony] | |
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Word Origin & History
rite
early 14c., from L. ritus "religious observance or ceremony, custom, usage," perhaps from PIE base *re(i)- "to count, number" (cf. Gk. arithmos "number," O.E. rim "number"). Rite of passage (1909) is translated from Fr. rite de passage, coined by French anthropologist Arnold van Gennep (18731957).
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rite
the performance of ceremonial acts prescribed by tradition or by sacerdotal decree. Ritual is a specific, observable mode of behaviour exhibited by all known societies. It is thus possible to view ritual as a way of defining or describing humans.
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Example sentences
Loyalty to family it raises to a religious duty in the rite of ancestor worship.
But his pitch, high and over the plate, was more than the usual springtime rite.
Those claims do serve an obvious social function, as a form of mental indoctrination, or rite of initiation into the group.
Marriage has two aspects: it is a religious rite, and it is a civil contract between two people.
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