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Webster 1913 Edition


Rite

Rite

,
Noun.
[L.
ritus
; cf. Skr.
rīti
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rite

RITE

,
Noun.
[L. ritus.]
The manner of performing divine or solemn service as established by law, precept or custom; formal act of religion, or other solemn duty. The rites of the Israelites were numerous and expensive; the rites of modern churches are more simple. Funeral rites are very different in different countries. The sacrament is a holy rite.

Definition 2024


rite

rite

See also: ritë

English

Noun

rite (plural rites)

  1. A religious custom.
Related terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Variation of right.

Adjective

rite (not comparable)

  1. Informal spelling of right.
    He's rite, you know.
Derived terms

Adverb

rite (not comparable)

  1. Informal spelling of right.
    It's rite next to my house.

Interjection

rite

  1. Informal spelling of right.
    Rite, let's do it...

Noun

rite (plural rites)

  1. Informal spelling of right.
    I know rite from wrong.

Anagrams


French

Alternative forms

  • rit (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin ritus.

Pronunciation

Noun

rite m (plural rites)

  1. rite

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɾˠɪtʲə/

Etymology 1

Participle

rite

  1. past participle of righ

Adjective

rite

  1. taut, tense
  2. sharp, steep
  3. exposed (le (to))
  4. eager (chun (for))
Derived terms
  • riteacht f (tautness, tenseness; sharpness, steepness; exposedness, bleakness)

Etymology 2

Participle

rite

  1. past participle of rith

Adjective

rite

  1. exhausted, extinct
Derived terms
  • rite anuas, rite síos (run down) (in health)

References


Latin

Etymology

From rītus (rite, custom)

Adverb

rite (not comparable)

  1. according to religious usage, with due observances, with proper ceremonies, ceremonially, solemnly, duly

References

  • rite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • RITE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to honour the gods with all due ceremonial (very devoutly): deum rite (summa religione) colere
    • after having performed the sacrifice (with due ritual): rebus divinis (rite) perpetratis

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *lite. Compare Hawaiian like.

Verb

rite

  1. to resemble; to be like, similar, alike

Derived terms

  • whakarite: to make something equal, to make something similar