Definition of rites Rites
/ɹajˈts/ - [rayts] -
We found 3 definitions of rites from 2 different sources.
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What does rites mean?
Wiktionary 
- rites (Noun)
Plural of rite.
Part of speech
🔤- rites, noun, plural of rite.
WordNet
NounPlural: rites |
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| rite - an established ceremony prescribed by a religion; "the rite of baptism" | ||
| religious rite | ||
| religious ceremony, religious ritual a ceremony having religious meaning | ||
| vigil, watch the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) | ||
| last rites rites performed in connection with a death or burial | ||
| orgy a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | ||
| circumcision the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males | ||
| liturgy a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship | ||
| rite - any customary observance or practice | ||
| ritual | ||
| usage, usance, custom the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written; "English usage"; "a usage borrowed from French" | ||
| ceremonial dance, ritual dance, ritual dancing a dance that is part of a religious ritual | ||
| betrothal, espousal the act of becoming betrothed or engaged | ||
| marriage ceremony, wedding, marriage the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed | ||
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Wiktionary
- rite (Noun)
A religious custom.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- rite (n.)
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.
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rite
The act of performing divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept, or custom.
Part of speech
🔤- rite, noun, singular of rites.
