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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rite /raɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Religiona ceremony in religious or other solemn use:funeral rites.
- a customary practice or tradition:the rites of spring.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rite (rīt),USA pronunciation n. - Religiona formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:rites of baptism; sacrificial rites.
- Religiona particular form or system of religious or other ceremonial practice:the Roman rite.
- Religion(often cap.) one of the historical versions of the Eucharistic service:the Anglican Rite.
- Religion(often cap.) liturgy.
- Religion(sometimes cap.) [Eastern Ch.,]Western Ch. a division or differentiation of churches according to liturgy.
- any customary observance or practice:the rite of afternoon tea.
- Latin rītus
- Old French rit(e))
- Middle English (1275–1325
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged observance, form, usage. See ceremony.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: rite /raɪt/ n - a formal act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious ceremonies: fertility rites, the rite of baptism
- a particular body of such acts or procedures, esp of a particular Christian Church: the Latin rite
- a Christian Church: the Greek rite
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin rītus religious ceremony |