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ˈriteless, a. [f. rite + -less.] Destitute or devoid of rite or ceremony.
c1611Chapman Iliad xxiv. 498 Giue me no seate..when yet vnransomed Hector lies ritelesse in thy tents. 1838Eliza Cook Homes of Dead x. 3 Yet say, are the riteless graves of those Unholy or unblest? 1892Academy 31 Dec. 601/2 He has nothing to say of the ode on the riteless burial of Adrienne Lecouvreur. |