Rite Synonyms

rīt
A formal act or set of acts prescribed by ritual
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. ritual
  2. ceremonial
  3. ceremony
  4. liturgy
  5. observance
  6. office
  7. service

Words Related to Rite

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. custom
  2. rites
  3. funeral rites
  4. religious-rites
  5. Awtawa
  6. baptism
  7. consecration

Rite Sentence Examples

  • The French doctor held no taper; he was leaning against one of the columns in a respectful attitude implying that he, a foreigner, in spite of all differences of faith, understood the full importance of the rite now being performed and even approved of it.

  • True, this rite was used both in East and West as early as the 4th century; it was not, however, universal.

  • I want us to have a day to get settled before we perform the rite.

  • The Schoolmen had no historical sense and little historical information; hence they fell into one error after another on the essentials in the rite of ordination.

  • At the present time, so far as the Roman Catholic Church is concerned, apparelled albs are only in regular use at Milan (Ambrosian Rite), and, partially, in certain churches in Spain.

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