Definition of rite

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Rite (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..

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Postil :: Postil (v. i.) To write postils, or marginal notes; to comment; to postillate..
Underwriting :: Underwriting (n.) The business of an underwriter,.
Theogonist :: Theogonist (n.) A writer on theogony.
Quickstep :: Quickstep (n.) A lively, spirited march; also, a lively style of dancing..
Adulation :: Adulation (n.) Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited..
Pyrites :: Pyrites (pl. ) of Pyrit.
Warlock :: Warlock (n.) A male witch; a wizard; a sprite; an imp.
Learned :: Learned (a.) Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a learned book; a learned theory..
Verbenate :: Verbenate (v. t.) To strew with verbena, or vervain, as in ancient sacrifices and rites..
Author :: Author (n.) One who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler..
Eucairite :: Eucairite (n.) A metallic mineral, a selenide of copper and silver; -- so called by Berzelius on account of its being found soon after the discovery of the metal selenium..
Tartarus :: Tartarus (n.) The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general..
Danaite :: Danaite (n.) A cobaltiferous variety of arsenopyrite.
Emerited :: Emerited (a.) Considered as having done sufficient public service, and therefore honorably discharged..
Superstition :: Superstition (n.) An ignorant or irrational worship of the Supreme Deity; excessive exactness or rigor in religious opinions or practice; extreme and unnecessary scruples in the observance of religious rites not commanded, or of points of minor importance; also, a rite or practice proceeding from excess of sculptures in religion..
Lateritic :: Lateritic (a.) Consisting of, containing, or characterized by, laterite; as, lateritic formations..
Droop :: Droop (v. i.) To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped..
Staled :: Stale (v. i.) Worn out by use or familiarity; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; trite; common.
Mohammedize :: Mohammedize (v. t.) To make conformable to the principles, or customs and rites, of Mohammedanism..
Oe :: Oe () a diphthong, employed in the Latin language, and thence in the English language, as the representative of the Greek diphthong oi. In many words in common use, e alone stands instead of /. Classicists prefer to write the diphthong oe separate in Latin words..
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