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• In the Latin rite, all bishops, priests, and transitional deacons are obliged to recite the Divine Office daily.From the entry office
• The boy entered adulthood by undergoing a rite of passage.From the entry adulthood
• After John officially attained his majority, Robert bought him his first beer. This is a common American rite of passage.From the entry rite of passage
• The defrocked priest may no longer perform rites.From the entry defrock
• Through a queer lens, heteroresignation or heteropessimism appears to be a rite of passage for straight women.2020, Jane Ward, “Deep Heterosexuality: […]”, in The Tragedy of Heterosexuality, New York, N.Y.: New York University Press, →ISBN, page 162. From the entry heteropessimism
• “There was no proof, I haven’t even performed the last rites.”2017 February 9, “Time runs out for victims of Nepal’s civil war as deadline to investigative abuses expires”, in South China Morning…. From the entry Birendranagar
• Only a householder could do the rites, they said – not a sannyasi.2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 56. From the entry sannyasi
• The colors red and blue are frequently worn during Nago rite Voodoo ceremonies.2012, Michael R Hall, Historical Dictionary of Haiti, page 181. From the entry Nago
• Please nominate your favo(u)rites and give arguments for their WotY-worthiness in the comments to this post.2012 November 18, Lynne Murphy, “Nominate WotYs & Untranslatables Month II”, in separated by a common language, archived from the original…. From the entry WOTY
• The most romantic rite of bargaining is the cachet; even its name suggests a thrilling secrecy.2011, Alicia Oltuski, Precious Objects: A Story of Diamonds, Family, and a Way of Life, page 47. From the entry cachet
• For generations, the foreign exchange trip has been a rite de passage for British teenagers.2008 June 26, Stuart Jeffries, “Vive la différence!”, in The Guardian. From the entry rite de passage
• Being christened by a urinating bare-bottomed newborn is almost a rite of passage of parenthood.2005, Linda Sonna, Early-Start Potty Training, page viii. From the entry christen
• In rites of encoffinment, burial and commemoration, all human beings are treated as ghosts.2002, Linda Woodhead et al., Religions in the Modern World: Traditions and Transformations, →ISBN, page 109. From the entry encoffinment
• On one side, excess is a rite de passage undergone by all "proper" teenagers.2002 January 15, Ros Coward, “The trouble with Harry”, in The Guardian. From the entry rite de passage
• This heavily peppered soup was traditionally prepared to celebrate the rite of marriage in Languedoc.2001, Clifford A. Wright, Mediterranean Vegetables: A Cook's ABC of Vegetables and their Preparation, page 168. From the entry peppered
• To wood-elf and field-elf I pour out this greeting, And bid you bless this holy rite.1999, Thunder, issue 11, Ceremony for the Handfasting of Dragon Earthson and Thorskegga Thorn (Math Jones). From the entry wood-elf
• When rustic rites become cosmopolitan fashions, the artifice is often more interesting than the original folkway.1997, Charles Arthur Willard, “Rhetoric’s Lot”, in Alan G. Gross, William M. Keith, editors, Rhetorical Hermeneutics: Invention and…. From the entry folkway
• In the non-Roman rites diocesan priests are often referred to as popes.1996 September 20, Daily Telegraph, 25/5. From the entry pope
• Hierophany: We have now reached the culminating point of the rite.1992, Umar Marina Vesci, Heat and Sacrifice in the Vedas, 2nd rev. edition, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, →OCLC, page 256. From the entry hierophany
• This is one of the key-moments of the whole rite, if not its culminating point.1992, Umar Marina Vesci, Heat and Sacrifice in the Vedas, 2nd rev. edition, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, →OCLC, page 256. From the entry hierophany
• Among his writings was one dealing particularly with various mystic rites.1992, Earlyne Chaney, Lost Secrets of the Mystery Schools: The Coming of the Gods Initiation and Rebirth, Astara, →ISBN, page 128. From the entry incathedration
• In the folk tradition, rites, festivals, and myths began an early accretion around an apotheosized Ch'ü Yuan.1988, Lyman P. Van Slyke, Yangtze: Nature, History and the River, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 137. From the entry Dragon Boat Festival
• The asterisk is one of the sacred objects used in the Byzantine rite.1962, Marvin C. Ross, “Copper”, in Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Mediaeval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, volume 1…. From the entry asterisk
• It’s the time when Madam Housewife indulges in the sacred rite of Spring cleaning.1930 February 20, “For Spring Cleaning”, in Crystal Lake Herald, volume 54, number 8, Crystal Lake, Ill., page three. From the entry cleaningware
• Firstly there was the desire to add colour, mystical fervour, to the restrained, matter-of-fact Roman rite.1926, J[ames] M[idgley] Clark, “The Drama”, in The Abbey of St Gall as a Centre of Literature & Art, Cambridge: At the University Press…. From the entry trope
• During their funeral rite they perform a special dance (called wundr) which is said to stop lions from attacking the herds.2015, A. R. Radcliffe-Brown, Daryll Forde, African Systems of Kinship and Marriage, →ISBN. From the entry funeral rite
• The cultural conflict was highlighted by the fact that he had gone through the Xhosa amakwetha initiation rites with considerable distaste.2010, Dreyer Kruger, Dreams: And How to Understand Them, page 11. From the entry amakweta
• Traditionally yatga performances were reserved only for monasteries and the court, and playing the instrument was considered a sacrosanct rite.2009, Timothy Michael May, Culture and Customs of Mongolia, →ISBN, page 89. From the entry yatga
• According to these mysteries, the rites of fashioning or remembering Osiris came to be interpreted as remembering Egypt.2008, Jan Assmann, Of God and Gods: Egypt, Israel, and the Rise of Monotheism, page 42. From the entry remember
• Many societies follow traditional funeral rites and practices.2007, Catherine Chambers, End-of-life rituals, page 7. From the entry paper money
• The rite of spring in eastern Canada has begun.2007 March 26, Pamela Cuthbert, “The less sweet side of maple syrup”, in Macleans.ca, retrieved 15 Jun 2008. From the entry Great White North
• The rites that artichokes serve, of course, are spring’s, the annual cleaning and regreening of the palate after the long winter.2007 May 27, Sara Dickerman, “Queen of Hearts”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2015. From the entry regreen
• Kallirhoe's spectacular testimonial from within the burial chamber gives a unique perspective of the "deceased" woman experiencing her own funeral rites.2007, Joan Breton Connelly, Portrait of a Priestess: Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece, →ISBN, page 223. From the entry funeral rite
• A Catholic may consider the Novus Ordo banal, but he may not proclaim that the new rite is invalid.2004, Michael Daniel, “What Constitutes a Valid Consecration?”, in CatholicCulture.org. From the entry Novus Ordo
• Rites done on a lakeshore or seashore can be illuminated with balefires of dried driftwood collected prior to the rite.2002, Marilyn F. Daniel, Kitchen Witchery, Weiser, →ISBN, page 236. From the entry balefire
• In some instances, Buddhist rites were adopted by Daoist monasteries.2002, Sun Dazhang, “The Qing Dynasty”, in Nancy S. Steinhardt, editor, Chinese Architecture, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 339, column 2. From the entry Jia
• The welcoming rite — referred to as a wiccaning, a saining, or a paganing — serves a threefold purpose.1999, Helen A. Berger, A community of witches, page 90. From the entry wiccaning
• But, more importantly in the long-term, in interring Bookchin's work it also performs the last rites over anarcho-leftism.1997, Anarchist Studies - Volumes 5-6, page 183. From the entry anarcho-leftism

Meaning of rite

1. noun A religious custom.
2. noun A prescribed behavior.

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Questions about rite in a sentence

How do you use rite in a sentence?

Rite is used as a noun. For example: “In the Latin rite, all bishops, priests, and transitional deacons are obliged to recite the Divine Office daily.”

What is a short sentence with rite?

“Many societies follow traditional funeral rites and practices.”

What does rite mean?

Rite means a religious custom.