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Definition of rite : The act of performing divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept, or custom; a formal act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn observance; a ceremony; as, the rites of freemasonry.

Synonyms:

religious rite, custom, ceremonial, office, solemnity, study at ceremony, ordinance, Lord's Supper

ceremony, evensong, Eucharist, missal, christening, canon, liturgy, wedlock, nones, mass, observance, transubstantiation, convocation, marriage, communion, holiday, sacrifice, matrimony, sacrament, confirmation, revival, baptism, novena, ritual, Siddur, vesper, solemnization, celebration, remembrance, service, initiation, last rites

Usage examples:

• The performance of the rite of this last day is a critical half hour for the town. - "The Bontoc Igorot", Albert Ernest Jenks.
• The peasant and the philosopher reverence the same deity, perform the same rite; they do not mean the same thing, but they do not quarrel on this account. - "Studies in Literature and History", Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall.
• Pewt has got the list so peraps i havent rote them all rite. - "Brite and Fair", Henry A. Shute.