A rite is a ceremony or event that leads to a new phase of life, like high school graduation or a bat mitzvah.
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;
Noun
any customary observance or practice
Noun
an established ceremony prescribed by a religion; "the rite of baptism"
n.
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.
Rite
He looked with indifference on rites, names, and forms of ecclesiastical polity.
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;
Usage Examples
Freedom Summer, the massive voter education project in Mississippi, was 1964. I graduated from high school in 1965. So becoming active was almost a rite of passage.
The rite of passage of learning to build a fire that will burn all night with one match is not an insignificant one in my husband's family, and I grew up camping and backpacking. I love to camp.
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Other Usage ExamplesMy rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.
The problem for me, still today, is that I write purely with one dramatic structure and that is the rite of passage. I'm not really skilled in any other. Rock and roll itself can be described as music to accompany the rite of passage.
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