Rite is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like ritual or custom. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Rite in a sentence
Related words
Rite meaning
- A religious custom.
- A prescribed behavior.
Using Rite
- The main meaning on this page is: A religious custom. | A prescribed behavior.
- Useful related words include: religious rite, religious ceremony, religious ritual, ritual.
- In the example corpus, rite often appears in combinations such as: rite of, rite aid, the rite.
Context around Rite
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 8 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rite
- In this selection, "rite" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, york, scottish, ambrosian, known, foods and sausage stand out and add context to how "rite" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a magical rite is any and an additional rite of congregational. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rite" sits close to words such as aluminium, complexes and ethanol, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rite
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The only rite missing from the trilogy is the rite of reversal. (12 words)
The Ashkenazi rite is more common than the Sephardi rite in America. (12 words)
Milan has its own historic Catholic rite known as the Ambrosian Rite (Italian: Rito ambrosiano). (15 words)
The rite is concluded by three prayers said by the priest, the last one being said "at the departure of the soul." citation There is an alternative rite known as The Office at the Parting of the Soul from the Body When a Man has Suffered for a Long Time. (50 words)
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, May 8, 2023, at 10 a.m. at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Millinocket with Rite of Committal at the Millinocket Cemetery, and luncheon to follow at the church. (40 words)
So, Cranmer composed in English an additional rite of congregational preparation and communion (based on the form of the Sarum rite for Communion of the Sick), to be undertaken immediately following the communion, in both kinds, of the priest. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
He belonged to both the York Rite and Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, and was awarded the 33rd degree in the Scottish Rite.
Rite Foods had come into the market in 2008 with its Rite Sausage Roll, later introduced varieties of other sausage rolls with which it penetrated the market.
The only rite missing from the trilogy is the rite of reversal.
A final chapter provides Rites for Exceptional Circumstances, namely, the Continuous Rite of Penance, Anointing, and Viaticum, Rite for Emergencies, and Christian Initiation for the Dying.
But the York Rite is not found as a single system worldwide, and outside of the York Rite there are often significant differences in ritual, as well as organization.
Having partaken in such a rite, a person was prohibited from entering into marriage or taking monastic vows, and the choreography of the service itself closely parallelled that of the marriage rite.
In the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, baptism by submersion is used in the Ambrosian Rite and is one of the methods provided in the Roman Rite of the baptism of infants.
Milan has its own historic Catholic rite known as the Ambrosian Rite (Italian: Rito ambrosiano).
Roman Catholic Church Rite of Baptism An interrogative form of the Apostles' Creed is used in the Rite of Baptism (for both children and adults).
So, Cranmer composed in English an additional rite of congregational preparation and communion (based on the form of the Sarum rite for Communion of the Sick), to be undertaken immediately following the communion, in both kinds, of the priest.
The Ashkenazi rite is more common than the Sephardi rite in America.
The rite is concluded by three prayers said by the priest, the last one being said "at the departure of the soul." citation There is an alternative rite known as The Office at the Parting of the Soul from the Body When a Man has Suffered for a Long Time.
The rite used would be the same as that denomination's rite for adults, i.e., by pouring holy water ( affusion ) or by sprinkling water ( aspersion ).
Until 2000, before being eligible for membership in the Shrine, a Mason had to complete either the Scottish Rite or York Rite systems, citation but now any Master Mason can join.
Until 2005, Lviv was the only city with two Catholic Cardinals : Lubomyr Husar ( Byzantine Rite ) and Marian Jaworski ( Latin Rite ).
Use of Catholic rite among Protestants Some Protestant US military chaplains carry the Roman Rite version of the Anointing of the Sick with them for use if called upon to assist wounded or dying soldiers who are Catholics.
While these two phenomena do share many ritual forms, Mauss concludes that "a magical rite is any rite that does not play a part in organized cults.
York Rite Bodies Since the York Rite is actually a grouping of separate organizations joined in order, each body operates with relative autonomy.
After the current program of works by Rossini, Magnus Lindberg and Beethoven, he leads music by Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Prokofiev and — like the Mahler, a prime assignment — Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” starting next Thursday.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, May 8, 2023, at 10 a.m. at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Millinocket with Rite of Committal at the Millinocket Cemetery, and luncheon to follow at the church.
Common combinations with rite
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- rite of 81×
- rite aid 44×
- the rite 30×
- scottish rite 11×
- of rite 8×
- rite is 7×
- york rite 6×
- is rite 6×
- this rite 5×
- rite for 4×