Antonyms for rite
raɪtrite

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1. rite

   Any religious act, especially a public act, viewed as a means of serving God is called a service; the word commonly includes the entire series of exercises of a single occasion of public worship. A religious service ordained as an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace is called a sacrament. Ceremony is a form expressing reverence, or at least respect; we may speak of religious ceremonies, the ceremonies of polite society, the ceremonies of a coronation, an inauguration, etc. An observance has more than a formal obligation, reaching or approaching a religious sacredness; a stated religious observance, viewed as established by authority, is called an ordinance; viewed as an established custom, it is a rite. The terms sacrament and ordinance, in the religious sense, are often used interchangeably; the ordinance derives its sacredness from the authority that ordained it, while the sacrament possesses a sacredness due to something in itself, even when viewed simply as a representation or memorial. The Lord's Supper is the Scriptural name for the observance commemorating the death of Christ; the word communion is once applied to it (1 Cor. x, 16), but not as a distinctive name; at an early period, however, the name communion was so applied, as denoting the communing of Christians with their Lord, or with one another. The term eucharist describes the Lord's Supper as a thanksgiving service; it is also called by preeminence the sacrament, as the ratifying of a solemn vow of consecration to Christ.

   Synonyms:
   ceremony, communion, eucharist, Lord's Supper, observance, ordinance, sacrament, service, solemnity

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1. rite

   Antonyms:
   inobservance, disuse, obsoleteness, nonobservance, noncelebration, desuetude

   Synonyms:
   form, custom, ceremony, observance, usage, celebration

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1. • Custom

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1. rite, religious ritenoun

   an established ceremony prescribed by a religion

   "the rite of baptism"

   Synonyms:
   religious rite, ritual

2. ritual, ritenoun

   any customary observance or practice

   Synonyms:
   religious rite, ritual

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1. ritenoun

   Synonyms:
   ceremony, ordinance

How to use rite in a sentence?

1. Assassins creed rogue Shay patric Cormac:

   Uphold the principles of our order and all that for which we stand, never share our secrets nor divulge the true nature of our work. Do so, until death - whatever the cost. This is my new creed. I am Shay Patrick Cormac, Templar of the Colonial... of the American rite. I am an older man now, and perhaps wiser. A war and a revolution have ended, and another is about to begin. May the father of understanding guide us all.

2. Christopher Ervin:

   Cars were peeling out on Gwynn Oak and racing back through the Shop Rite parking lot.

3. Judith HaLevy:

   We regard this rite of passage as a time for great celebration, but kids also need to be reminded that it does n’t come with car keys, in other words, in our 21st century world they are not really adults, but we expect a greater sense of responsibility in the world.

4. Dieter Wolke:

   There're still people out there who think that bullying is a normal rite of passage — you go through and toughen up, etc..

5. Hassan Tepa:

   In our culture, Sapana is the most important rite for a man to be able to gain authority within his community.

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