Definition for Rite:

• r[= i]t, n. a religious usage or ceremony.-- adv. RITE'LY, with due rites.-- AMBROSIAN RITE, the Ambrosian office and liturgy; MOZARABIC RITE ( see MOZARABIC). [ L. ritus.]

Synonyms for Rite:

• n.

  •
  • celebrant,
  • circumcision,
  • blessing,
  • bless,
  • anoint,
  • consecrate,
  • contemplation,
  • confession,
  • circumcise.
  •
  • office,
  • ceremonial.
  •ceremony (noun)
  • study at ceremony.
  •ceremony, tradition (noun)
  • communion,
  • ordinance,
  • observance,
  • occasion,
  • act,
  • sacrament,
  • service,
  • solemnity,
  • practice,
  • procedure,
  • celebration.
  •cult (noun)
  • faddism,
  • Cultus.
  •custom (noun)
  • de-signs,
  • matter course,
  • de-sign,
  • de signs,
  • de sign,
  • pre-cept,
  • unwritten rules,
  • pre cept,
  • inheritences.
  •form (noun)
  • by numbers,
  • by the book,
  • done thing,
  • Convenance.
  •institute (noun)
  • de-crees,
  • pre script,
  • de-cree,
  • de crees,
  • de cree,
  • pre-script,
  • pre-scripts,
  • pre scripts,
  • decretums.
  •performance (noun)
  • dis plays,
  • dis-plays,
  • dis play,
  • re-views,
  • re-presentations,
  • dis-play,
  • re views,
  • re presentations,
  • re view,
  • stage shows,
  • re presentation,
  • re-view.
  •rite (noun)
  • last rites,
  • matrimony,
  • canon,
  • solemnization,
  • revival,
  • mass,
  • evensong,
  • baptism,
  • Siddur,
  • holiday,
  • novena,
  • eucharist,
  • confirmation,
  • vesper,
  • christening,
  • remembrance,
  • initiation,
  • transubstantiation,
  • wedlock,
  • sacrifice,
  • marriage,
  • nones,
  • missal,
  • convocation.
  •worship (noun)
  • church service,
  • deification,
  • beatifications,
  • beatification.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • church.
  •
  • order.
  •Other relevant words:
  • incantation,
  • rejoicing,
  • espousal,
  • lore,
  • mute,
  • mortuary,
  • mystery,
  • toast,
  • instatement,
  • exercise,
  • memorialization,
  • Exercises,
  • Civilities,
  • lamentation,
  • affair,
  • ordination,
  • rituals,
  • kneel,
  • festivity,
  • elegancies,
  • baccalaureate service,
  • psalmody,
  • habeas corpus,
  • mumbo jumbo,
  • gala,
  • Stereotyped Behavior,
  • commencement,
  • routine,
  • formal,
  • Obsequies,
  • installation,
  • dirge,
  • Fieri Facias,
  • testimonial,
  • epitaph,
  • birthday,
  • hocus-pocus,
  • Celebrating,
  • religious rite,
  • figure,
  • duty,
  • abracadabra,
  • graduation,
  • spell,
  • gathering,
  • rule,
  • salute,
  • banquet,
  • commemoration,
  • practises,
  • wont,
  • dinner,
  • mummery,
  • orgy,
  • orbit,
  • cypress,
  • entrance,
  • sacramental,
  • amenities,
  • betrothal,
  • induction,
  • legal process,
  • undertaker,
  • rites,
  • dead march,
  • tradition,
  • Tolling,
  • elegy,
  • investiture,
  • admission,
  • rite de passage,
  • habit,
  • magic,
  • revel,
  • flourish of trumpets,
  • graces,
  • reception,
  • religious rites,
  • feast,
  • inauguration,
  • funeral,
  • tribute,
  • memory,
  • fanfare,
  • rite of passage,
  • salvo,
  • admittance,
  • function,
  • enrolment,
  • anniversary,
  • chant,
  • protocol,
  • party,
  • Dignities,
  • charm,
  • conjuration,
  • festival,
  • ovation,
  • Ceremonies,
  • praxis,
  • jubilee,
  • sermon,
  • feast day,
  • inaugural,
  • triumph,
  • institution,
  • formalities,
  • Fanfaronade,
  • Anniversaries.

Paraphrases for Rite:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    ritual.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    ritual.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    ceremony.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    tradition.

Rite Sentence Examples:

• Under the Republic every election had appeared to the Romans who participated in it to be a rite for ascertaining what man would be most pleasing to the gods to fill the position in question.

• Life's last sigh had transpired, as religion performed her last rite.

Homophones for Rite:

• reit, rewrite, rate, RHD, rat-tat, ride out, ratitae, rad, ready-to-eat, reata, red tai, redeye, riata, 23rd, rutted, 3rd, ruta, rote, red-eye, ready, redwood, ret, read, rotate, ratty, roth, redheaded, road, rarity, rooted, red haw, rota, root, reheat, rid, raw wood, route, red tide, red, reid, red-hot, raita, rut, rheidae, root out, ruddy, rotted, rudd, rout out, reread, rutty, rod, write, rodeo, reedy, reward, redo, ratite, Rede, raw data, rood, rete, rot, wright, rit., ride, rat, right, ride away, riyadh, rearward, radiate, roadway, rat-a-tat, red heat, red hot, rare earth, 43rd, rowdy, reword, riot, 33rd, read-out, reed, ruth, rude, retie, readout, ratio, radio, rat-a-tat-tat, raid, rout, rawhide, redhead, rotated.