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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

Etymology

Via Middle English and Old French, from Latin ritus.

Pronunciation

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