rite

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rite /raɪt/ noun [countableC] → write, right

1 RRTRADITIONa ceremony that is always performed in the same way, usually for religious purposes 〔通常指宗教〕儀式，典禮 → ritual

funeral rites

殡葬儀式

ancient fertility rites

古代的生殖崇拜儀式

These traditional rites are performed only by the women of the village.

這些傳統儀式只由村裏的女人來進行。

2. rite of passage SSYTRADITIONa special ceremony or action that is a sign of a new stage in someone’s life, especially when a boy starts to become a man 〔標志人生重要階段的〕通過儀式；〔尤指男孩的〕成人儀式 → coming of age

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rite of passage• For many fans, metal, with its pile-driving sound and locker-room lyrics, is more than a rite of passage.• A rite of passage, as it were.• Boyhood pledges and rites of passage, boy pages learning skills of survival from men of iron.• After the umpteenth rubber-stamp this infuriating rite of passage, as it were, terminates: exit.• Marriage, though not the social imperative it once was, still stands for a major rite of passage into adult life.• This idyllic feeling of romance seemed too much like a temporary state, a schoolboy rite of passage.• Finishing the race is the rite of passage of the distance runner.• One lucky trainee was spared the rite of passage.

3 last rites MXfinal prayers or religious ceremonies for someone who is dying 臨終祈禱；臨終聖禮

A priest came to give him the last rites.

一位神父來爲他做臨終禱告。

Examples from the Corpus

give ... the last rites• He tended to the people while they were dying, gave them the Last Rites and everything, buried them.

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rite• And we find the same thought expressed in the final instructions delivered to the departed in the Ainu rites of burial.• Boyhood pledges and rites of passage, boy pages learning skills of survival from men of iron.• They are shunned in any auspicious rites, especially marriage.• Buddhist rites• A cleansing rite was performed before building started.• The body cannot be buried until the funeral rites have been performed.• The Batak chieftains perform the traditional initiation rite.• A priest was called to perform last rites for the dying woman.• One of these couldn't read or rite.• Perhaps the technicians who control the mast are descendants of the shamans who presided over religious rites here.• This feature was particularly emphasized in the early history of the Roman rite.• These rites mark the cycle of life - birth, puberty, marriage, death.

rites ... performed• No religious rites are performed at Théoden's burial.

Origin rite

(1300-1400) Latin ritus

rite noun

Corpus

TOEFL BNC: 7121 COCA: 6510

rite noun
⇨ ceremony

TOEFL BNC: 7121 COCA: 6510

rite

Religious ceremonies and practices: anoint, bless, blessing...

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