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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rite \Rite\, n. [L. ritus; cf Skr. r[=i]ti 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rite n 1: an established ceremony prescribed by a religion; "the rite of baptism" [syn: {religious rite}] 2: any customary observance or practice [syn: {ritual}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: RITE, n. A religious or semi-religious ceremony fixed by law, precept or custom, with the essential oil of sincerity carefully squeezed out of it
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