Rite

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Rite may refer to:

Religion

  • Ritual, an established ceremonious act
  • Rite (Christianity), sacred rituals in the Christian religion
  • Ritual family, Christian liturgical traditions; often also called liturgical rites
  • Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites, within the Catholic Church
  • Christian liturgy, traditional patterns of worship in Christianity
  • Li (Confucianism), rites in the Confucian ritual religion
  • Nusach (Jewish custom), rites of worship in Judaism
  • Rite of passage, a ceremonious act associated with social transition
  • Sacrament, rites in Christianity including baptism, communion, and last rites
  • Samskara (rite of passage), rites of passage in Indic religions and cultures

Arts, entertainment, and media

  • RITE Method, game usability criteria
  • Rite (album), a 1993 ambient album by Julian Cope and Donald Ross Skinner
  • Rites (album) a 1998 jazz album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek
  • The Rite (1969 film), a Swedish drama film
  • The Rite (2011 film), an American horror film
  • Quarry (novel), a 2011 book by Ally Kennen, originally entitled Rites
  • Sacred Rite (band), American heavy metal band active from the 1980s to the 2000s

Other uses

  • Masonic rites, a series of degrees of initiation in Freemasonry
  • Mount Rite, a mountain in the Dolomites in the Veneto region of Italy
  • RITES, an Indian company

See also

  • Rite of passage (disambiguation)
  • Ritual (disambiguation)
  • Syriac Rite (disambiguation)
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