rite
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rite/rʌɪt/
▶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.
– phrases
rite of passage a ceremony or event, e.g. marriage, marking an important stage in someone's life.
rite of passage a ceremony or event, e.g. marriage, marking an important stage in someone's life.
– origin ME: from L. ritus ‘(religious) usage’.
'rite' also found in these Oxford entries:
anele
- asperges
- baptism
- bless
- bora
- celebrant
- circumcise
- confirm
- confirmand
- confirmation
- dirge
- fire-walking
- Greek Orthodox Church
- holy orders
- mohel
- ordinance
- ritual
- sacrosanct
- samskara
- solemnity
- talisman
- unction
