rite
UK/ɹaɪt/
rite noun: a religious custom. Also the informal spelling of right.
Noun
rite (plural rites)
- A religious custom.
- A prescribed behavior.
- 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
- 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
Also used as
rite is also the informal spelling of right.
rite meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Arabic and Malay
rite in Hindi
- ritual
- अनुष्ठान anuṣṭhān
rite in Bengali
- ritual
- আচার acar
rite in Arabic
- ritual
- طَقْس دِينِيّ ṭaqs dīniyy, شَعِيرَة šaʕīra, طَقْس ṭaqs
rite in Malay
- ritual
- ritus
More languagesFewer languages
- rite in Indonesian
- upacara, ritus
- rite in Persian
- آیین âyin
- rite in Thai
- พิธี pí-tii, พิธีกรรม pí-tii-gam
- rite in Vietnamese
- lễ nghi, nghi lễ, nghi thức
- rite in Myanmar
- အခမ်းအနား a.hkam:a.na:
Examples of rite in a sentence
- In the Latin rite, all bishops, priests, and transitional deacons are obliged to recite the Divine Office daily.
- The boy entered adulthood by undergoing a rite of passage.
- After John officially attained his majority, Robert bought him his first beer. This is a common American rite of passage.
Forms of rite
| plural | rites |
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Origin of rite
Via Middle English and Old French, from Latin ritus.
Variation of right.
Words formed from rite
Phrases with rite
Words that rhyme with rite
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- knight
- slight
- Dwight
- height
- sight
- night
- sprite
- fight
- parasite
- site
- alight
- smite
- all right
- blight
- might
- mite
- skite
- cite
- indite
- lite
- outright
- plight
- bight
- excite
- ignite
- invite
- overnight
- uptight
- wight
- accite
- alright
- benight
- bewrite
- blite
- copyright
- despite
- dight
- disunite
- finite
- flite
- hight
- incite
- recite
- relight
- rewrite
- sleight
- spite
- spright
Questions about rite
- What does rite mean?
- Rite means a religious custom.
- What is rite in Hindi?
- Rite in Hindi is अनुष्ठान (anuṣṭhān). See Rite meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rite?
- Rite is a noun.
- How do you pronounce rite?
- Rite is pronounced /ɹaɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of rite?
- The plural of rite is rites.
Words near rite in the dictionary
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