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.
(allgemein) Der hl., aus dem Mythos stammende Brauch; Festsetzung des Verlaufs kult. Handlungen.
(Katholische Kirche) In der kath. Kirche u. den Ostkirchen die gottesdienstl. Handlungen.