Rite : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Rite	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Rite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rite n an established ceremony prescribed by a religion; "the rite of baptism" Synonym(s): rite, religious rite any customary observance or practice Synonym(s): ritual, rite
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rite \Rite\, n. [L. ritus; cf. Skr. r[c6]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. He looked with indifference on rites, names, and forms of ecclesiastical polity. --Macaulay. Syn: Form; ceremony; observance; ordinance.