Rite Meaning
/ɹaɪt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA religious custom.
nounA prescribed behavior.
Sentence Examples
This rite is part of their religion.
This parade descends from an ancient rite.
Naming his son after himself felt like a rite of passage.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The couple's traditional wedding ____ included exchanging rings and saying heartfelt vows.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The coming-of-age ____ was an important ceremony in the community, marking the transition to adulthood.
Word Origin & History
Via Middle English and Old French, from Latin ritus.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"It was the capable manager's long-established custom to escort Mrs Pridger to a theatre once a week, and Saturday evening had come to be the occasion of this rite."
— 1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries:
"But he had to perform the rites of hospitality, had to behave politely to his ally."
— 1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The couple's traditional wedding ____ included exchanging rings and saying heartfelt vows.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The coming-of-age ____ was an important ceremony in the community, marking the transition to adulthood.