English
rite
Pronunciation Noun

rite (plural rites)

  1. A religious custom.
  2. (by extension) A prescribed behavior.
    • 1989, H. T. Willetts (translator), Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (author), August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ISBN 0-374-51999-4, page 141–42:
      But he had to perform the rites of hospitality, had to behave politely to his ally.
Related terms Translations Adjective

rite (not comparable)

  1. Informal spelling of right#English|right.
    He's rite, you know.
Adverb

rite (not comparable)

  1. Informal spelling of right#English|right.
    It's rite next to my house.
Interjection
  1. Informal spelling of right#English|right.
    Rite, let's do it.
Noun

rite (plural rites)

  1. Informal spelling of right#English|right.


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