riten.

Brit.

/rʌɪt/, U.S.

/raɪt/

Forms: Middle English rijt, Middle English rit, Middle English riyt, Middle English ryt, Middle English rytt, Middle English ryyt, Middle English–1500s ryte, Middle English– rite; Scottish pre-1700 reit, pre-1700 reitt, pre-1700 reyt, pre-1700 rit, pre-1700 ritt, pre-1700 ryit, pre-1700 ryt, pre-1700 ryte, pre-1700 rytte, pre-1700 1700s– rite.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rītus.

Etymology: < classical Latin rītus religious observance, ceremony, mode of behaviour, practice, usage < the (unextended) Indo-European base of rime n.² + classical Latin -tus, suffix forming verbal nouns. Compare Middle French rit, rite custom (1479, especially in legal use), religious rite (1535; French rite), also Old Occitan rit (late 15th cent.), Catalan ritu (late 15th cent.), Spanish rito (first half of the 15th cent.), Portuguese rito (16th cent.), Italian rito (beginning of the 14th cent.).Compare right n. IV. and discussion at that entry.

a. A prescribed act or observance in a religious or other solemn ceremony. Also in extended use.child-rites, initiation-, marriage rite, etc.: see the first element. last rites: see last rites n. at last adv., adj., and n.⁴ Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > instance or form of

churchOE

servicelOE

rightlOE

observancea1250

officec1300

preachingc1350

ritec1350

ceremonyc1380

usea1382

prayerc1384

form1399

ordinancea1400

ordera1425

worship?a1425

worshippingc1443

common prayer1493

common servicea1500

ordinarya1513

celebrity1534

church servicea1555

religious exercise1560

function1564

agend1581

church office1581

liturgy1593

Common Prayer service1648

ritualities1648

ceremonial1672

hierurgy1678

occasion1761

religiosities1834

cursus1865

joss-pidgin1886

worship service1929

c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 49 Þo certeyne men lyȝte þat lyȝt, Ase þe laȝe ȝef þe rytes So brode.

12 Concl. Lollards (Trin. Hall Cambr.) in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1907) 22 296 (MED) Þe presthod of Rome is mad with signis, rytis, and bisschopis blissingis, and þat is of litil uertu.

a1425 (?c1384) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 347 (MED) In þe olde lawe weren preestis..myche chargid..in sleying of beestis and oþir ritis.

1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 367 (MED) I kan in no wyse remembre me..What rytys were vsyd & what royalte In namys yeuyng.

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 3250 (MED) He hadde gret talent To etyn fflesshe..ffor to dyfface the old lawe, And the Ryytys ther-off with-drawe.

1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 162/2 The rytes and sacramentes and the articles of our faith.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xlvj The same Religion, Rites, and Ceremonies, wherin they were borne & brought vp.

a1593 C. Marlowe Massacre at Paris (c1600) sig. B8 And now our solemne rites of Coronation done, What now remaines, but for a while to feast?

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 335 Time goes on crutches, til Loue haue all his rites .

1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 248 This was an ancient Funerall rite.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. vii. §11 That the ground of his acceptance with God did not depend on any Ceremoniall Rite.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 99 The Bull's Insult at Four she may sustain; But, after Ten, from Nuptial Rites refrain.

a1771 T. Gray Agrippina in Poems (1775) 130 Perform'd with barb'rous rites Of mutter'd charms.

1795 W. Mason Ess. Eng. Church Music iii. 199 After he had eaten the Passover, and instituted the solemn Rite, which was to supercede it.

1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. Introd. p. lxx They learned to attach an exclusive value to external rites.

1844 E. B. Browning Brown Rosary iii. xvii The rite-book is opened, the rite is begun.

1910 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 668/2 Converted to Roman Catholicism under compulsion, these ‘New Christians’ often continued to observe Jewish rites in their homes.

1982 C. Van Wyk Message in Wind 14 The two tribes grew so close that the boys from both tribes even attended circumcision rites together.

2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 25 Sept. ii. 39/5 A pair of Tibetan dung-chen, humongously long trumpets used in Buddhist liturgical rites.

b. The custom or practice of a religious group, spec. the prescribed form of service or order of worship.The distinction sometimes made by liturgical writers between rite and ceremony (applying the former to the order, and the latter to the acts, of worship) has not been maintained in ordinary use.Frequently with modifying word.

ΚΠ

a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 5^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Jetro Moyses gudfadir quhilk conuertit to the rit of the pepill of Israel.

1613 F. Mason Of Consecration Bishops iii. i. 100 Wee are not tied to the rite of Rome, or any other City or Country, but onely to the institution of Iesus Christ.

1659 R. Baxter Five Disputations of Church-government i. 97 The Bishops setled by Patrick..were but such as were there before under the name of Presbyters,..after the rite or fashion of the Primitive Church.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The English observe the Rite of the Church of England, prescribed in the Book of Common-Prayer.

1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile II. iii. 393 He halted again at mid-day, and confessed, according to the rite of the church of Rome.

1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 300 All those Christians who acknowledge the supremacy of the Roman pontiff, even though they be not of the Roman or Latin Rite.

1904 Westm. Rev. Aug. 201 Bulgarians, Serbs, Albanians, and Armenians of the Orthodox rite.

1952 R. A. Knox Hidden Stream xx. 188 There is one sacrament of which no priest and no bishop in the Western rite..can be the minister; the sacrament of matrimony.

1999 C. Thubron In Siberia v. 124 He belonged to the venerable Melkite Church, which followed the Orthodox rite yet owed allegiance to Rome.

†a. The custom, habit, or practice of a people, country, etc. Obsolete (poetic in later use).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > custom of a society or group

i-wunec888

thewc893

wise971

law of (the) landc1175

customa1200

wonec1200

tidingc1275

orderc1300

usancea1325

usagec1330

usea1393

guisea1400

spacec1400

stylec1430

rite1467

fashion1490

frequentation1525

institution1551

tradition1597

mode1642

shibboleth1804

dastur1888

praxis1892

1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 383 (MED) It ys vsed and accustumed grete cloth-makynge to be hadd wtyn the seid cite..and so occupied by grete parte of the people..as now late rite and practyk hath be vsed.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 401 (MED) The vse of that cuntre differrethe from the rite [L. ritu] of Englonde in clothenge, in fyndenge, and in mony other thynges.

a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox & Wolf l. 782 in Poems (1981) 33 Sum bene also throw consuetude and ryte Vincust with carnall sensualitie.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. ii. 71 Eftir thair payane ryte and gise.

1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 14 Inclinand law with humbill countenance, Weill preparit as thair vse was and rite.

1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 152 Those who leave decent vesture, dress in rags And play the mendicant, conform thereby To country's rite.

b. A custom, habit, or practice.In some cases perhaps used for right (see note in etymology).love rites: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > a habit or practice > of a formal kind

observancea1250

rite?a1475

office1535

ritual1611

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > custom of a society or group > formal

observancea1250

observationa1382

rite?a1475

ritual1611

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 401 Of the rytes of the inhabitatores of hit [sc. Wales].

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. xiii. 74 This rite of chevelry, and repeticioun of gudis, began first be ane anciant pepil namit equicoli.

a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 55/1 Yet hath it [sc. the stumbling of one's horse] ben of an olde rite & custome, obserued as a token..natably foregoing some great misfortune.

1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War iv. xiv. f. cxxi All they..shulde recouer their goodes and contynue in the rytes of the cytie, like as they hadde done byfore tyme.

1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 25 b The people are not onelie become warriers, but haue retained the customes and rites of warre.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 174 If any chance to weare a shoo-string or garters of that colour, by ignorance of this rite, they will flie upon him.

1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) iii. 236 That solemn rite of midnight masquerades!

1758 N. Tindal Contin. Rapin's Hist. Eng. (new ed.) VI. xxx. i. 144 Three drummers of the foot guards..having, contrary to the rites of the city, beat their drums there, were seized, and committed to Newgate.

1813 Brand's Observ. Pop. Antiq. I. Pref. 7 The transmittal of vulgar rites and popular opinions.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend I. ii. xvi. 317 He..hopes to receive you..in a residence better suited to your claims on the rites of hospitality.

1917 Yale Lit. Mag. Apr. 239 She knew that she wanted..English muffins, but the contemplation of the card had become a rite with Corinna.

1984 D. Patai Orwell Mystique v. 147 The myth of war identifies war activity as an essential rite of manhood.

2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 15 Oct. iii. 5/3 Over the years Midnight Madness has become a rite at hundreds of college campuses across the land.

†3. Religion. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > [noun]

lawa1225

laya1225

religion?c1225

ritec1480

the opium of the people1926

c1480 (a1400) St. Margaret 295 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 55 Betir it ware consal þi-self, & lewe þi ryt.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 341 b/1 He was a worshipper of ydolles and he had a wyf of the same Ryte.

1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 190 This wind sa keine, that I of meine, It is the ryte of auld.

4. In plural. U.S. Journalism. An official ceremony.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] > a ceremony or formality

ceremonyc1380

rialtyc1415

complement1597

formality1674

rites1929

1929 Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Indiana) 31 Dec. 5/7 65 Boone Grove high and grade graduates receive diplomas at annual rites.

1957 Sun (Baltimore) 21 Jan. b1/6 (heading) Rites at White House performed before 80. Press is barred from ceremony in East Room.

1975 Bee (Danville, Va.) 12 May 1 b/1 Bachelors Hall Volunteer Fire Department's auction fish-chicken fry and political rally, the leadoff event in Pittsylvania County's political rites this year.

2000 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 30 Dec. c7/1 Now Mr Roeper..gets to take his first whack at..the series' annual rites identifying the 10 best movies of the year.

Phrases

rite of intensification n. [compare earlier rite of passage n.] Cultural Anthropology a rite performed by a social group to mark a significant event and to strengthen the bonds between its members.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > expressing solidarity > [noun]

rite of intensification1947

1947 E. D. Chapple & C. S. Coon Princ. Anthropol. xxi. 507 A Rite of Intensification..restores equilibrium for the group after a disturbance affecting all or most of its members.

1959 W. Goldschmidt Understanding Human Society v. 178 Rituals involving the whole community, called rites of intensification, re-enforce the initiate's sense of belonging and serve to strengthen group ties.

1978 W. A. Haviland Cultural Anthropol. (ed. 2) xiii. 346/1 Rites of intensification..are particularly common among horticultural and agricultural people, with their planting, first fruit, and harvest ceremonies.

2003 C. D. Bryant Handbk. of Death & Dying i. 79/2 The Days of the Dead festival serves functionally as a rite of intensification, reuniting both living and dead members of a family into a cohesive whole.

Compounds

rite A n. (in the Church of England) a Eucharistic service using modern standard English.One of two liturgical forms prescribed in the Alternative Service Bk. (1980), later replaced by those in Common Worship (2000); cf. rite B n.

ΚΠ

1980 Daily Tel. 24 Oct. 3/1 The form of service will be Rite A from the new Alternative Service Book... The service is a revision of that known hitherto as Series 3.

1980 Alternative Service Bk. 1980: Commentary 74 The main further change made from Series 3 to Rite A is the separation of the commemoration of the departed from the summary sentences commending all the worshippers to God.

1996 A. Aldridge in L. J. Francis & S. H. Jones Psychol. Perspectives on Christian Ministry xii. 367 Two forms of communion service, Rite A in ‘modern’ English and Rite B in modified Cranmerian.

rite B n. (in the Church of England) a Eucharistic service using English typical of the 16th cent., after the Book of Common Prayer; cf. rite A n.

ΚΠ

1980 Alternative Service Bk. 1980 6 The Order for Holy Communion Rite B.

1996 I. Clutterbuck Church in Miniature i. 64 Some vicars..may have the 1662 service on Sundays at 8am, Rite A at the 9.30 Sung Eucharist and Rite B as a compromise on weekdays.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	rite
释义	riten. Brit. /rʌɪt/, U.S. /raɪt/ Forms: Middle English rijt, Middle English rit, Middle English riyt, Middle English ryt, Middle English rytt, Middle English ryyt, Middle English–1500s ryte, Middle English– rite; Scottish pre-1700 reit, pre-1700 reitt, pre-1700 reyt, pre-1700 rit, pre-1700 ritt, pre-1700 ryit, pre-1700 ryt, pre-1700 ryte, pre-1700 rytte, pre-1700 1700s– rite. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin rītus. Etymology: < classical Latin rītus religious observance, ceremony, mode of behaviour, practice, usage < the (unextended) Indo-European base of rime n.² + classical Latin -tus, suffix forming verbal nouns. Compare Middle French rit, rite custom (1479, especially in legal use), religious rite (1535; French rite), also Old Occitan rit (late 15th cent.), Catalan ritu (late 15th cent.), Spanish rito (first half of the 15th cent.), Portuguese rito (16th cent.), Italian rito (beginning of the 14th cent.).Compare right n. IV. and discussion at that entry. 1. a. A prescribed act or observance in a religious or other solemn ceremony. Also in extended use.child-rites, initiation-, marriage rite, etc.: see the first element. last rites: see last rites n. at last adv., adj., and n.⁴ Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] > instance or form of churchOE servicelOE rightlOE observancea1250 officec1300 preachingc1350 ritec1350 ceremonyc1380 usea1382 prayerc1384 form1399 ordinancea1400 ordera1425 worship?a1425 worshippingc1443 common prayer1493 common servicea1500 ordinarya1513 celebrity1534 church servicea1555 religious exercise1560 function1564 agend1581 church office1581 liturgy1593 Common Prayer service1648 ritualities1648 ceremonial1672 hierurgy1678 occasion1761 religiosities1834 cursus1865 joss-pidgin1886 worship service1929 c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 49 Þo certeyne men lyȝte þat lyȝt, Ase þe laȝe ȝef þe rytes So brode. 12 Concl. Lollards (Trin. Hall Cambr.) in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1907) 22 296 (MED) Þe presthod of Rome is mad with signis, rytis, and bisschopis blissingis, and þat is of litil uertu. a1425 (?c1384) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 347 (MED) In þe olde lawe weren preestis..myche chargid..in sleying of beestis and oþir ritis. 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 367 (MED) I kan in no wyse remembre me..What rytys were vsyd & what royalte In namys yeuyng. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 3250 (MED) He hadde gret talent To etyn fflesshe..ffor to dyfface the old lawe, And the Ryytys ther-off with-drawe. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 162/2 The rytes and sacramentes and the articles of our faith. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xlvj The same Religion, Rites, and Ceremonies, wherin they were borne & brought vp. a1593 C. Marlowe Massacre at Paris (c1600) sig. B8 And now our solemne rites of Coronation done, What now remaines, but for a while to feast? 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 335 Time goes on crutches, til Loue haue all his rites . View more context for this quotation 1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 248 This was an ancient Funerall rite. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. vii. §11 That the ground of his acceptance with God did not depend on any Ceremoniall Rite. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 99 The Bull's Insult at Four she may sustain; But, after Ten, from Nuptial Rites refrain. View more context for this quotation a1771 T. Gray Agrippina in Poems (1775) 130 Perform'd with barb'rous rites Of mutter'd charms. 1795 W. Mason Ess. Eng. Church Music iii. 199 After he had eaten the Passover, and instituted the solemn Rite, which was to supercede it. 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. Introd. p. lxx They learned to attach an exclusive value to external rites. 1844 E. B. Browning Brown Rosary iii. xvii The rite-book is opened, the rite is begun. 1910 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 668/2 Converted to Roman Catholicism under compulsion, these ‘New Christians’ often continued to observe Jewish rites in their homes. 1982 C. Van Wyk Message in Wind 14 The two tribes grew so close that the boys from both tribes even attended circumcision rites together. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 25 Sept. ii. 39/5 A pair of Tibetan dung-chen, humongously long trumpets used in Buddhist liturgical rites. b. The custom or practice of a religious group, spec. the prescribed form of service or order of worship.The distinction sometimes made by liturgical writers between rite and ceremony (applying the former to the order, and the latter to the acts, of worship) has not been maintained in ordinary use.Frequently with modifying word. ΚΠ a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 5^v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Jetro Moyses gudfadir quhilk conuertit to the rit of the pepill of Israel. 1613 F. Mason Of Consecration Bishops iii. i. 100 Wee are not tied to the rite of Rome, or any other City or Country, but onely to the institution of Iesus Christ. 1659 R. Baxter Five Disputations of Church-government i. 97 The Bishops setled by Patrick..were but such as were there before under the name of Presbyters,..after the rite or fashion of the Primitive Church. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The English observe the Rite of the Church of England, prescribed in the Book of Common-Prayer. 1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile II. iii. 393 He halted again at mid-day, and confessed, according to the rite of the church of Rome. 1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 300 All those Christians who acknowledge the supremacy of the Roman pontiff, even though they be not of the Roman or Latin Rite. 1904 Westm. Rev. Aug. 201 Bulgarians, Serbs, Albanians, and Armenians of the Orthodox rite. 1952 R. A. Knox Hidden Stream xx. 188 There is one sacrament of which no priest and no bishop in the Western rite..can be the minister; the sacrament of matrimony. 1999 C. Thubron In Siberia v. 124 He belonged to the venerable Melkite Church, which followed the Orthodox rite yet owed allegiance to Rome. 2. †a. The custom, habit, or practice of a people, country, etc. Obsolete (poetic in later use). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > custom of a society or group i-wunec888 thewc893 wise971 law of (the) landc1175 customa1200 wonec1200 tidingc1275 orderc1300 usancea1325 usagec1330 usea1393 guisea1400 spacec1400 stylec1430 rite1467 fashion1490 frequentation1525 institution1551 tradition1597 mode1642 shibboleth1804 dastur1888 praxis1892 1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 383 (MED) It ys vsed and accustumed grete cloth-makynge to be hadd wtyn the seid cite..and so occupied by grete parte of the people..as now late rite and practyk hath be vsed. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 401 (MED) The vse of that cuntre differrethe from the rite [L. ritu] of Englonde in clothenge, in fyndenge, and in mony other thynges. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox & Wolf l. 782 in Poems (1981) 33 Sum bene also throw consuetude and ryte Vincust with carnall sensualitie. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. ii. 71 Eftir thair payane ryte and gise. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 14 Inclinand law with humbill countenance, Weill preparit as thair vse was and rite. 1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 152 Those who leave decent vesture, dress in rags And play the mendicant, conform thereby To country's rite. b. A custom, habit, or practice.In some cases perhaps used for right (see note in etymology).love rites: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > a habit or practice > of a formal kind observancea1250 rite?a1475 office1535 ritual1611 society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > custom of a society or group > formal observancea1250 observationa1382 rite?a1475 ritual1611 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 401 Of the rytes of the inhabitatores of hit [sc. Wales]. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. xiii. 74 This rite of chevelry, and repeticioun of gudis, began first be ane anciant pepil namit equicoli. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 55/1 Yet hath it [sc. the stumbling of one's horse] ben of an olde rite & custome, obserued as a token..natably foregoing some great misfortune. 1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War iv. xiv. f. cxxi All they..shulde recouer their goodes and contynue in the rytes of the cytie, like as they hadde done byfore tyme. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 25 b The people are not onelie become warriers, but haue retained the customes and rites of warre. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 174 If any chance to weare a shoo-string or garters of that colour, by ignorance of this rite, they will flie upon him. 1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) iii. 236 That solemn rite of midnight masquerades! 1758 N. Tindal Contin. Rapin's Hist. Eng. (new ed.) VI. xxx. i. 144 Three drummers of the foot guards..having, contrary to the rites of the city, beat their drums there, were seized, and committed to Newgate. 1813 Brand's Observ. Pop. Antiq. I. Pref. 7 The transmittal of vulgar rites and popular opinions. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend I. ii. xvi. 317 He..hopes to receive you..in a residence better suited to your claims on the rites of hospitality. 1917 Yale Lit. Mag. Apr. 239 She knew that she wanted..English muffins, but the contemplation of the card had become a rite with Corinna. 1984 D. Patai Orwell Mystique v. 147 The myth of war identifies war activity as an essential rite of manhood. 2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 15 Oct. iii. 5/3 Over the years Midnight Madness has become a rite at hundreds of college campuses across the land. †3. Religion. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > [noun] lawa1225 laya1225 religion?c1225 ritec1480 the opium of the people1926 c1480 (a1400) St. Margaret 295 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 55 Betir it ware consal þi-self, & lewe þi ryt. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 341 b/1 He was a worshipper of ydolles and he had a wyf of the same Ryte. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 190 This wind sa keine, that I of meine, It is the ryte of auld. 4. In plural. U.S. Journalism. An official ceremony. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [noun] > a ceremony or formality ceremonyc1380 rialtyc1415 complement1597 formality1674 rites1929 1929 Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, Indiana) 31 Dec. 5/7 65 Boone Grove high and grade graduates receive diplomas at annual rites. 1957 Sun (Baltimore) 21 Jan. b1/6 (heading) Rites at White House performed before 80. Press is barred from ceremony in East Room. 1975 Bee (Danville, Va.) 12 May 1 b/1 Bachelors Hall Volunteer Fire Department's auction fish-chicken fry and political rally, the leadoff event in Pittsylvania County's political rites this year. 2000 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 30 Dec. c7/1 Now Mr Roeper..gets to take his first whack at..the series' annual rites identifying the 10 best movies of the year. Phrases rite of intensification n. [compare earlier rite of passage n.] Cultural Anthropology a rite performed by a social group to mark a significant event and to strengthen the bonds between its members. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > expressing solidarity > [noun] rite of intensification1947 1947 E. D. Chapple & C. S. Coon Princ. Anthropol. xxi. 507 A Rite of Intensification..restores equilibrium for the group after a disturbance affecting all or most of its members. 1959 W. Goldschmidt Understanding Human Society v. 178 Rituals involving the whole community, called rites of intensification, re-enforce the initiate's sense of belonging and serve to strengthen group ties. 1978 W. A. Haviland Cultural Anthropol. (ed. 2) xiii. 346/1 Rites of intensification..are particularly common among horticultural and agricultural people, with their planting, first fruit, and harvest ceremonies. 2003 C. D. Bryant Handbk. of Death & Dying i. 79/2 The Days of the Dead festival serves functionally as a rite of intensification, reuniting both living and dead members of a family into a cohesive whole. Compounds rite A n. (in the Church of England) a Eucharistic service using modern standard English.One of two liturgical forms prescribed in the Alternative Service Bk. (1980), later replaced by those in Common Worship (2000); cf. rite B n. ΚΠ 1980 Daily Tel. 24 Oct. 3/1 The form of service will be Rite A from the new Alternative Service Book... The service is a revision of that known hitherto as Series 3. 1980 Alternative Service Bk. 1980: Commentary 74 The main further change made from Series 3 to Rite A is the separation of the commemoration of the departed from the summary sentences commending all the worshippers to God. 1996 A. Aldridge in L. J. Francis & S. H. Jones Psychol. Perspectives on Christian Ministry xii. 367 Two forms of communion service, Rite A in ‘modern’ English and Rite B in modified Cranmerian. rite B n. (in the Church of England) a Eucharistic service using English typical of the 16th cent., after the Book of Common Prayer; cf. rite A n. ΚΠ 1980 Alternative Service Bk. 1980 6 The Order for Holy Communion Rite B. 1996 I. Clutterbuck Church in Miniature i. 64 Some vicars..may have the 1662 service on Sundays at 8am, Rite A at the 9.30 Sung Eucharist and Rite B as a compromise on weekdays. 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