Rite may refer to:
Religion
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Ritual
A ritual is a repeated, structured sequence of actions or behaviors that alters the internal or external state of an individual, group, or environment, regardless of conscious understanding, emotional context, or symbolic meaning. Traditionally ...
, an established ceremonious act
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Rite (Christianity), sacred rituals in the Christian religion
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Ritual family
Rites (), liturgical rites, and ritual families within Christian liturgy refer to the families of liturgies, rituals, prayers, and other practices historically connected to a place, denomination, or group. Rites often interact with one another, ...
, Christian liturgical traditions; often also called ''liturgical rites''
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Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites
A particular church () is an ecclesiastical community of followers headed by a Bishop (Catholic Church), bishop (or Hierarchy of the Catholic Church#Equivalents of diocesan bishops in law, equivalent), as defined by Catholic canon law and Catholic ...
, within the Catholic Church
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Christian liturgy
Christian liturgy is a pattern for Christian worship, worship used (whether recommended or prescribed) by a Christian congregation or Christian denomination, denomination on a regular basis. The term liturgy comes from Greek and means "public work ...
, traditional patterns of worship in Christianity
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Li (Confucianism)
In traditional Confucian philosophy, is an ethical concept broadly translatable as 'rite'. According to Wing-tsit Chan, originally referred to religious sacrifices, but has come to mean 'ritual' in a broad sense, with possible translations i ...
, rites in the Confucian ritual religion
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Nusach (Jewish custom), rites of worship in Judaism
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Rite of passage
A rite of passage is a ceremony or ritual of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another. It involves a significant change of social status, status in society. In cultural anthropology the term is the Anglicisa ...
, a ceremonious act associated with social transition
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Sacrament
A sacrament is a Christian rite which is recognized as being particularly important and significant. There are various views on the existence, number and meaning of such rites. Many Christians consider the sacraments to be a visible symbol ...
, rites in Christianity including baptism, communion, and last rites
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Samskara (rite of passage)
Samskara (Sanskrit: संस्कार, IAST: , sometimes spelled ''samskara'') are sacraments in Hinduism and other Indian religions, described in ancient Sanskrit texts, as well as a concept in the karma theory of Indian philosophies. The ...
, rites of passage in Indic religions and cultures
Arts, entertainment, and media
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RITE Method, game usability criteria
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''Rite'' (album), a 1993 ambient album by Julian Cope and Donald Ross Skinner
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''Rites'' (album) a 1998 jazz album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek
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''The Rite'' (1969 film), a Swedish drama film
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''The Rite'' (2011 film), an American horror film
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''Quarry'' (novel), a 2011 book by Ally Kennen, originally entitled ''Rites''
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Sacred Rite (band), American heavy metal band active from the 1980s to the 2000s
Other uses
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Masonic rites, a series of degrees of initiation in Freemasonry
* Mount Rite, a mountain in the
Dolomites
The Dolomites ( ), also known as the Dolomite Mountains, Dolomite Alps or Dolomitic Alps, are a mountain range in northeastern Italy. They form part of the Southern Limestone Alps and extend from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Va ...
in the
Veneto region of Italy
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RITES, an Indian company
See also
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Rite of passage (disambiguation)
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Ritual (disambiguation)
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Syriac Rite (disambiguation)
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