ETYM Latin ritus; cf. Skr. rîti a stream, a running, way, manner, ri to flow: cf. French rit, rite. cf. Rivulet.
(Homonym: right, wright, write).
An established ceremony prescribed by a religion; SYN. religious rite.
In religion, any specific ritual or action central to acts of worship or to a person's life—such as rites of passage (for example baptisms, weddings, and funerals) or the rite of consecration of the bread and wine in the Christian Eucharist.
1. Simbolična spoljašnja formalnost (ili simbolični obred) pri bogosluženju ili drugim svečanim činovima; svečanost;
2. Preteran i izveštačena učtivost i uglađenost u ophođenju sa drugima, praćena banalnim formalnostima.
Navika.
Utvrđene radnje, ritual.