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
A "doing" of sorts that can be done inside or outside of ritual For example the Great Rite Usually one or more rites are included as part of a ritual, but not always
General word for ritual, or set order of prayers for worship One may speak, for example, of the Rite of Initiation (Baptism, Chrismation and Eucharist); the Rite of Holy Crowning; the Rite of Ordination; the Rite of Kneeling on Pentecost Formerly, rite was incorrectly used to describe a particular *Tradition of the *Church, for example, the "Ukrainian Rite " Doing so, however, too narrowly limited a particular Catholic Tradition is much broader See TRADITION
A ceremony that is supposed to be repeated the same way each time it is performed See also essay on Ceremony and Information Systems
customary and solemn ritual or ceremony, as in: The rite of baptism is taken very seriously in many faiths
A rite is a traditional ceremony that is carried out by a particular group or within a particular society. Most traditional societies have transition rites at puberty. see also last rites