Category:Rite

Rite, n. Etym: [l. ritus; cf. Skr. riti a stream, a running, way, Manner, ri to flow: cf. F. rit, rite. Cf. Rivulet.]

Defn: 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.