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Definition of Rite

Rite
Rite Rite, n. [L. ritus; cf. Skr. r[=i]ti a stream, a running, way, manner, ri to flow: cf. F. rit, rite. CF. Rivulet.] The act of performing divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept, or custom; a formal act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn observance; a ceremony; as, the rites of freemasonry. He looked with indifference on rites, names, and forms of ecclesiastical polity. --Macaulay. Syn: Form; ceremony; observance; ordinance.

Meaning of Rite from wikipedia

- Rite at Wikipedia's sister projects Definitions from Wiktionary Media from Commons Quotations from Wikiquote Rite may refer to: Ritual, an established...
- and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry is a Rite within the broader context of Freemasonry. It is the most widely practiced Rite in the world. In some...
- Rite Aid Corporation is an American drugstore chain based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1962 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, by Alex Gr****...
- Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern...
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- A rite of p****age is a ceremony or ritual of the p****age which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another. It involves a significant change...
- The Armenian Rite (Armenian: Հայկական պատարագ) is a liturgical rite used by both the Armenian Apostolic and the Armenian Catholic churches. Isaac of Armenia...
- Eastern Rite or Eastern liturgical rite may refer to: a liturgical rite used in Eastern Christianity: liturgical rites of the Eastern Orthodox Church,...
- side with the Roman rite, the Ambrosian rite, the Mozarabic rite of Toledo, the rite of Braga, the Carthusian rite, the Carmelite rite, and best known of...
- Latin liturgical rites, or Western liturgical rites, is a large family of liturgical rites and uses of public worship emplo**** by the Latin Church, the...