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rite Noun

— A rite is the proper way of performing a ceremony. Her body was buried according to the rites of the church.

rite

— noun an established ceremony prescribed by a religion the rite of baptism — noun (= ritual) any customary observance or practice

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ceremony ritual custom ceremonial worship service observance manner liturgy religious rite practice get a haircut utilization utilisation use usance usage state rule routine protocol procedure prayer ordinance habit function formality festa fashion exercise employment deservance customs celebration business Liturgy

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Simple sentences

This rite is part of their religion.

Movie subtitles

The French doctors Bourneville and Teinturier gave me the following pictures of the Witch Sabbath a secret satanic rite to which thousands of women asserted their participation.

When Igor Stravinsky wrote his ballet, The Rite of Spring.

It's for the Wallace Flow-Rite pen.

Some revolting sacrificial rite has been performed.

We will hold the rite out here.

I imagine you are aware, but let me note just to be sure. The rite of harakiri has changed over time.

A wedding is a rite tribes of savages.

So you finally understand, you are paying - rite?

You're a 50 pct partner rite?

And now there's only 1 more rite to perform. and I will be wed to Satan.

Domenico Soriano. will you take Filumena Marturano, here present, for your lawful wedded wife. according to the rite of our Holy Roman Church?

And you, Filumena Marturano. will you take Domenico Soriano, here present, for your lawful wedded husband. according to the rite of our Holy Roman Church?

Yes, that's rite, yes!

You are not married rite? No.

I'm upstairs, sixth floor, with Fit-Rite Frocks.

I go back to Fit-Rite Frocks and wait for the out-of-town buyers.

You see, all Mexicans are very religious people, and for any Mexican to deny the final rite to a departed soul, it's unthinkable.

Walter Bottazzi, do you take Rosetta Grotti to be your lawful wedded wife according to the rite of the Holy Mother Church?

Grotti Rosetta, do you take Walter Bottazzi to be your lawful wedded husband according to the rite of the Holy Mother Church?

The rite of harakiri has changed over time.

Nestor, wilt thou take Irma here present for thy lawful wife according to the rite of our holy mother, the Church?

Irma, wilt thou take Nestor here present for thy lawful husband according to the rite of our holy mother?

This is the old Egyptian rite. for the passage from life to death. I'm the goddess of vice.

It could be a simple tribal rite, assuming a tribal culture.

Well, he's actually currently engaged in a very important male rite of passage.

Sir, it is unthinkable.. That the Pyncheon birth-rite should be put upon the auction block.

That's not a rite, that's a kiss.

That bloody rite!

Yes, it was an ancient rite in which they paid homage to Bast the cat or panther, goddess of the temple of Khufu.

When the moon rises we'll start the rite of resurrection.

News and current affairs

For the only way capitalism can be made acceptable, and hence deliver growth and prosperity around the world, is to practice this rite of exorcism in public.

Becoming a mother - the rite of passage that Mothers' Day celebrates - can carry a terrible burden of fear, anxiety, and loss for many women and their families.

Under Nigeria's various dictatorships, for example, many journalists underwent a rite of passage that most prefer to forget: routine harassment, beatings, torture, frame-ups on spurious charges, and incongruously long prison sentences.

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