Definition of Rites. Meaning of Rites. Synonyms of Rites

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Definition of Rites

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 Rites from wikipedia

- liturgical rites, within the Catholic Church Christian liturgy, traditional patterns of worship in Christianity Li (Confucianism), rites in the Confucian...
- the financial year 2023-24" (PDF). rites.com. RITES. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024. "RITES Limited(RITES),Profile, Latest News, Press Release...
- mortally injured, or terminally ill. Last rites cannot be performed on someone who has already died. Last rites, in sacramental Christianity, can refer...
- use the Byzantine liturgical rites liturgical rites of the Oriental Orthodox Church, which uses a variety of liturgical rites Eastern Catholic liturgy, the...
- Anglicisation of rite de p****age, a French term innovated by the ethnographer Arnold van Gennep in his work Les rites de p****age, The Rites of P****age. The...
- 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...
- Rite stands as a full Rite of Freemasonry and not an appendant body. Master Masons from other rites may, in some countries, join the Scottish Rite's upper...
- Latin Rite may refer to: The Latin Church, a sui iuris church of the Catholic Church The Latin liturgical rites, a family of Christian rites and uses which...
- ceremonial the Ministry of Rites also oversaw the imperial examination and China's foreign relations. A Ministry of Rites also existed in imperial Vietnam...
- churches use the Byzantine Rite. Ritual Funerary rites Marriage rites List of Christian liturgical rites What Are the Last Rites? Thirty-Nine Articles, Article...