rite

rite
Synonyms and related words:
amenities, anniversaries, baccalaureate service, celebrating, celebration, ceremonial, ceremonies, ceremony, civilities, commemoration, commencement, convocation, custom, dignities, dressing ship, duty, elegancies, empty formality, exercise, exercises, fanfare, fanfaronade, festivity, flourish of trumpets, form, form of worship, formal, formalities, formality, formula, formulary, function, gentilities, graces, graduation, graduation exercises, holiday, holy rite, inaugural, inauguration, initiation, institution, jubilee, liturgy, marking the occasion, memorialization, memory, mode of worship, mummery, mystery, observance, occasion, office, order of worship, ordinance, ovation, performance, practice, prescribed form, procedure, rejoicing, religious ceremony, religious rites, remembrance, revel, rite de passage, rite of passage, rites, ritual, ritual observance, rituality, rituals, routine, sacrament, sacramental, salute, salvo, service, solemn observance, solemnity, solemnization, testimonial, testimonial banquet, testimonial dinner, toast, tribute, triumph

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  • rite — [ rit ] n. m. • 1535; rit « usage, coutume » v. 1395; lat. ritus REM. La graphie rit est encore utilisée en liturgie. 1 ♦ Ensemble des cérémonies du culte en usage dans une communauté religieuse; organisation traditionnelle de ces cérémonies. ⇒… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rite — early 14c., from L. ritus religious observance or ceremony, custom, usage, perhaps from PIE root *re(i) to count, number (Cf. Gk. arithmos number, O.E. rim number; see READ (Cf. read)). Rite of passage (1909) is translated from Fr. rite de… …   Etymology dictionary

  • rite — ► NOUN 1) a religious or other solemn ceremony or act. 2) a body of customary observances characteristic of a Church or a part of it. ● rite of passage Cf. ↑rite of passage ORIGIN Latin ritus (religious) usage …   English terms dictionary

  • rite — [rīt] n. [ME < L ritus < IE * rēi , var. of base * ar , to join, fit > ART1, READ1, RATE1, ARITHMETIC] 1. a ceremonial or formal, solemn act, observance, or procedure in accordance with prescribed rule or custom, as in religious use …   English World dictionary

  • rite — [raıt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: ritus] 1.) a ceremony that is always performed in the same way, usually for religious purposes →↑ritual ▪ funeral rites ▪ ancient fertility rites ▪ These traditional rites are performed only by the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • rite — [ raıt ] noun count a traditional ceremony, especially a religious one: funeral rites perform a rite: The traditional rites of homage to the emperor were performed. => LAST RITES …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • rite — rȉte ž mn [i]i[/i] zb. <N rȉta rij.> DEFINICIJA loša ili vrlo trošna odjeća [nositi/obući rite]; dronjci, otrčine, štrace …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Rite — (lat.), 1) nach feierlichem Religionsgebrauch; 2) förmlich, gehörig, gebührend; 3) der angenommenen Ordnung zu Folge, in herkömmlicher Weise …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Rite — (lat.), in gebührender, förmlicher Weise …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Rite — (lat.), förmlich, in herkömmlicher Weise …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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