- a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use: rites of baptism; sacrificial rites.
- a particular form or system of religious or other ceremonial practice: the Roman rite.
- a liturgy or liturgical system, especially one of the historical versions of the Eucharistic service: the Anglican Rite.
- a division or differentiation of churches based on liturgical practice.
- any customary observance or practice: the rite of afternoon tea.
- a formal act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious ceremonies
- a particular body of such acts or procedures, esp of a particular Christian Church
- a Christian Church
