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• rite — [rīt] n. [ME < L ritus < IE * rēi , var. of base * ar , to join, fit > ART1, READ1, RATE1, ARITHMETIC] 1. a ceremonial or formal, solemn act, observance, or procedure in accordance with prescribed rule or custom, as in religious use …   English World dictionary

• rite of passage — rite′ of pas′sage n. 1) ant a ceremony to facilitate or mark a person s change of status on a significant occasion, as at the onset of puberty or upon entry into a select group 2) any act or event marking a passage from one stage of life to… …   From formal English to slang

• rite of passage — 1. Anthropol. a ceremony performed to facilitate or mark a person s change of status upon any of several highly important occasions, as at the onset of puberty or upon entry into marriage or into a clan. 2. any important act or event that serves… …   Universalium

• rite of passage — noun a ritual performed in some cultures at times when an individual changes status (as from adolescence to adulthood) • Hypernyms: ↑ritual, ↑rite * * * : a ritualistic procedure associated with a nonperiodic crisis or a transitional change of… …   Useful english dictionary

• rite´less — rite1 «ryt», noun. 1. a solemn ceremony; formal procedure or act in a religious or other observance. Most churches have rites for baptism, marriage, and burial. Secret societies have their special rites. 2. a particular form or system of… …   Useful english dictionary

• rite — riteless, adj. ritelessness, n. /ruyt/, n. 1. a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use: rites of baptism; sacrificial rites. 2. a particular form or system of religious or other ceremonial… …   Universalium

• rite — /raɪt / (say ruyt) noun 1. a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use: rites of baptism; sacrificial rites. 2. a particular form or system of religious or other ceremonial practice: the Roman… …  

• rite — [[t]raɪt[/t]] n. 1) rel a formal ceremony or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use 2) rel a particular form or system of religious or ceremonial practice: the Scottish rite in Freemasonry[/ex] 3) rel (sometimes cap.)… …   From formal English to slang

• passage, rite of — Any of numerous ceremonial events, existing in all societies, that mark the passage of an individual from one social or religious status to another. The term was coined by the French anthropologist Arnold van Gennep (1873–1957) in 1909. Many of… …   Universalium

• Mozarabic Rite — • The name Mozarabic Rite is given to the rite used generally in Spain and in what afterwards became Portugal from the earliest times of which we have any information down to the latter part of the eleventh century, and still surviving in the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Gallican rite — The Gallican Rite is a historical sub grouping of the Roman Catholic liturgy in western Europe; it is not a single rite but actually a family of rites within the Western Rite which comprised the majority use of most of Christianity in western… …   Wikipedia