Rites (dance)
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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), ''Rite'' (album), a 1993 ambient album by Julian Cope and Donald Ross Skinner * Rites (album), ''Rites'' (album) a 1998 jazz album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek * The Rite (1969 film), ''The Rite'' (1969 film), a Swedish drama film * The Rite (2011 film), ''The Rite'' (2011 film), an American horror film * Quarry (novel), ''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

* List of Masonic rites, 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) {{dab