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Malabar rites

Malabar rites noun: certain customs or practices of the natives of South India, which the Jesuit missionaries allowed their Indian neophytes to retain after conversion but which were afterwards prohibited by Rome.

Noun

Malabar rites pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) Certain customs or practices of the natives of South India, which the Jesuit missionaries allowed their Indian neophytes to retain after conversion but which were afterwards prohibited by Rome.

Questions about Malabar rites

What does Malabar rites mean?
Malabar rites means certain customs or practices of the natives of South India, which the Jesuit missionaries allowed their Indian neophytes to retain after conversion but which were afterwards prohibited by Rome.
What part of speech is Malabar rites?
Malabar rites is a noun.

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