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Showing words for RITES using the English dictionary

5 Letter Words for Rites

iters, reist, resit, rites, steri, stire, tiers, tires, tries

4 Letter Words for Rites

eris, erst, ires, iter, reit, rest, rets, ries, rise, rist, rite, rits, seir, seit, sert, sier, sire, site, ster, stie, stir, stre, tier, ties, tire, tres, trie

3 Letter Words for Rites

eir, ers, ert, esr, est, ire, irs, ise, ist, its, rei, res, rie, rit, rte, rti, sei, ser, set, sie, sir, sit, sri, str, ter, tes, tie, tis, tri, trs, tsi

Definitions for Rites

[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.
[3] (often initial capital letter ) a liturgy or liturgical system, especially one of the historical versions of the Eucharistic service: the Anglican Rite.
[4] (sometimes initial capital letter ) Eastern Church , Western Church . a division or differentiation of churches based on liturgical practice.
[5] any customary observance or practice: the rite of afternoon tea.
[6] a formal act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious ceremonies fertility rites ; the rite of baptism
[7] a particular body of such acts or procedures, esp of a particular Christian Church the Latin rite
[8] a Christian Church the Greek rite

Words related to Rites

riteobservance, formality, ritual, sacrament, custom, liturgy, occasion, procedure, celebration, form, service, solemnity, ordinance, practice, communion, act, ceremonial

Words nearby Rites

riterisus sardonicus, rit., rita, ritalin, ritardando, rite, rite de passage, rite of intensification, rite of passage, rite of spring, the, ritenuto

Origin of Rites

1275–1325; Middle English (< Old French rit(e )) < Latin rītus

Words that may be confused with Rites

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, riteright, rite, wright, write

Other words from Rites

rite·less , adjective
rite·less·ness , noun

Word origin for Rites

C14: from Latin rītus religious ceremony

Synonyms for Rites

Sacrament, celebration, custom, formality, liturgy, observance, occasion, procedure, ritual, act, ceremonial, communion, form, ordinance, practice, service, solemnity