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English

Etymology

Via Middle English and Old French from Latin ritus

Pronunciation

rīt
IPA: /ɹaɪt/
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-rite.ogg

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪt|-aɪt
Homophones: right, wright, write

Noun

religious custom

Related terms

ritual

Translations

Arabic: {{Arab|طقس ديني|طَقْس دِينِيّ}} , {{Arab|شعيرة|شَعِيرَة}}
Chinese: 仪 (yí), 吉事 (jíshì), 士礼 (shìlǐ)
Czech: {{t-|cs|rituál|m}}
Dutch: ritus , kerkgebruik
French: , {{t+|fr|rite|m}}
German: {{t-|de|Ritus|m}}
Greek: {{t+|el|τελετουργία|f|sc=Grek}} (teletourgía)

Hungarian: , ,
Indonesian: {{t+|id|upacara|xs=Indonesian}}, {{t-|id|ritus|xs=Indonesian}}
Interlingua: rito
Italian: {{t+|it|rito|m}}
Japanese: 儀式 (ぎしき, gishiki)
Persian: {{t+|fa|آیین|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}}
Polish: rytuał , obrządek
Portuguese: {{t+|pt|rito|m}}
Russian: {{t+|ru|обряд|m|tr=obrjád|sc=Cyrl}}
Spanish: {{t+|es|rito|m}}
Swedish: {{t-|sv|rit|c}}
Thai: (pítee)

Category:English nouns

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Irish

Pronunciation

IPA: lang=ga

Verb

{{form of|past participle|rith|lang=Irish}}
: run

et:rite fr:rite io:rite id:rite it:rite hu:rite ja:rite ru:rite fi:rite ta:rite te:rite vi:rite tr:rite zh:rite

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Rite \Rite\, n. [L. ritus; cf. Skr. r[imac]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.
[1913 Webster]

He looked with indifference on rites, names, and forms
of ecclesiastical polity. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: Form; ceremony; observance; ordinance.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet rite
n 1: an established ceremony prescribed by a religion; "the rite
of baptism" [syn: religious rite]
2: any customary observance or practice [syn: ritual]

Moby Dictionary
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

RITE, n. A religious or semi-religious ceremony fixed by law, precept or custom, with the essential oil of sincerity carefully squeezed out of it.