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rite
religious ceremony; ceremonial act: marriage rite
Not to be confused with:
right – correct; proper; just; appropriate: the right way
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rite
(rīt)n.
1. The prescribed or customary form for conducting a religious or other solemn ceremony: the rite of baptism.
2. A ceremonial act or series of acts: fertility rites.
3. Rite The liturgy or practice of a branch of the Christian church.
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rite
(raɪt)n
1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a formal act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious ceremonies: fertility rites; the rite of baptism.
2. (Other Non-Christian Religions) a formal act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious ceremonies: fertility rites; the rite of baptism.
3. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a particular body of such acts or procedures, esp of a particular Christian Church: the Latin rite.
4. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a Christian Church: the Greek rite.
[C14: from Latin rītus religious ceremony]
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rite
(raɪt)n.
1. a formal ceremony or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use.
2. a particular form or system of religious or ceremonial practice: the Scottish rite in Freemasonry.
3. (sometimes cap.) a liturgy or liturgical system: the Byzantine rite.
4. (sometimes cap.) a division of a Christian church based on differences in liturgical practice.
5. any customary observance or practice.
[1275–1325; Middle English (< Old French rit(e)) < Latin rītus]
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Noun | 1. | rite - an established ceremony prescribed by a religion; "the rite of baptism" religious ceremony, religious ritual - a ceremony having religious meaning vigil, watch - the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) last rites - rites performed in connection with a death or burial circumcision - the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite liturgy - a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship office - a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities; "the offices of the mass" |
2. | rite - any customary observance or practice marriage ceremony, wedding, marriage - the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony; "their marriage was conducted in the chapel" rite of passage - a ritual performed in some cultures at times when an individual changes status (as from adolescence to adulthood) |
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noun ceremony, custom, ritual, act, service, form, practice, procedure, mystery, usage, formality, ceremonial, communion, ordinance, observance, sacrament, liturgy, solemnity a fertility rite
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nounA formal act or set of acts prescribed by ritual:
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Translations
طَقْس، إحْتِفال
obřadrituál
=-ceremoniceremoniriteritus
آیین
ceremóniarítusszertartás
ritusupacara
helgiathöfn
apeiginisapeigosritualasritualinis
ceremonija
rit
âyintören
rite
[raɪt]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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[raɪt] n → rito (Rel) the last rites → l'estrema unzione fsgrite of passage → rito di passaggio
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rite
(rait) noun a solemn ceremony, especially a religious one. marriage rites.
ritual (ˈritʃuəl) noun (a particular set of) traditional or fixed actions etc used in a religious etc ceremony. Christian rituals; the ritual of the Roman Catholic church.
adjective forming (part of) a ritual or ceremony. a ritual dance/sacrifice.
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