rite en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /ɹaɪt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Via Middle English and Old French, from Latin ritus.
Meanings
- A religious custom.
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(broadly) A prescribed behavior.
But he had to perform the rites of hospitality, had to behave politely to his ally.
1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:It was the capable manager's long-established custom to escort Mrs Pridger to a theatre once a week, and Saturday evening had come to be the occasion of this rite.
1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rites | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
bedrite · Latin rite · morning rite · funeral rite · water rite · rite of passage · ritely · riteless
Relateds
Translations (104)
lo ພິທີກຳ (ritual) · pl rytuał (ritual) · be рытуа́л (ritual) · hy արարողություն (ritual) · cmn 儀 /仪 (ritual) · ro ritual (ritual) · ro rit (ritual) · tg оин (ritual) · egy i-ir-w-A53 (ritual) · cmn 禮 /礼 (ritual) · km ពិធី (ritual) · cs obřad (ritual) · et rituaal (ritual) · th พิธี (ritual) · da rite (ritual) · ar شَعِيرَة (ritual) · hi अनुष्ठान (ritual) · lv rituāls (ritual) · grc θέσμιον (ritual) · mi kawanga (ritual) · ia rito (ritual) · ar طَقْس دِينِيّ (ritual) · fr es pl or (ritual) · ca ritu (ritual) · bn আচার (ritual) · gl rito (ritual) · la caerimōnia (ritual) · fi riitti (ritual) · tt йола (ritual) · lt ritualas (ritual) · et riitus (ritual) · uz marosim (ritual) · de Ritus (ritual) · az ayin (ritual) · ar طَقْس (ritual) · ms ritus (ritual) · tr ayin (ritual) · vi nghi lễ (ritual) · ja 儀式 (ritual) · pl obrządek (ritual) · uk ритуа́л (ritual) · ang sidu (ritual) · grc τελετή (ritual) · pt rito (ritual) · he פולחן \ פֻּלְחָן (ritual) · vi nghi thức (ritual) · sh о̀бред (ritual) · bg ритуа́л (ritual) · kk ырым (ritual) · ru ритуа́л (ritual) · vi lễ nghi (ritual) · gd deas-ghnàth (ritual) · km វិធី (ritual) · sk rituál (ritual) · nl kerkgebruik (ritual) · fr rite (ritual) · ka რიტუალი (ritual) · cs rituál (ritual) · de Brauch (ritual) · yo orò (ritual) · la rītus (ritual) · uk обря́д (ritual) · is helgiathöfn (ritual) · be абра́д (ritual) · ko 의식 (ritual) · ky ырым (ritual) · ru обря́д (ritual) · es rito (ritual) · th พิธีกรรม (ritual) · fa آیین (ritual) · sh òbred (ritual) · lo ພິທີ (ritual) · sl ritual (ritual) · qu hayway (ritual) · hu ceremónia (ritual) · sq rit (ritual) · mi ritenga (ritual) · pl ryt (ritual) · hu rítus (ritual) · sv rit (ritual) · cmn 儀式 /仪式 (ritual) · cmn 典禮 /典礼 (ritual) · sh ritùāl (ritual) · it rito (ritual) · hu szertartás (ritual) · sl obred (ritual) · ba йола (ritual) · is helgisiður (ritual) · hy ծես (ritual) · lv rits (ritual) · pl obrzęd (ritual) · bg о́бред (ritual) · eo rito (ritual) · el τελετουργία (ritual) · id ritus (ritual) · mk обред (ritual) · sk obrad (ritual) · my အခမ်းအနား (ritual) · id upacara (ritual) · nl ritus (ritual) · sh риту̀а̄л (ritual) · mk ритуа́л (ritual) · nb ritual (ritual) · da ritus (ritual)