rite

nounadjectiveadverbinterjectionnounattested in dialogue

United States//ɹaɪt//

A religious custom.

noun

1
A religious custom.
2
A prescribed behavior.
It was the capable manager's long-established custom to escort Mrs Pridger to a theatre once a week, and Saturday evening had come to be the occasion of this rite.
But he had to perform the rites of hospitality, had to behave politely to his ally.

Etymology

Via Middle English and Old French, from Latin ritus.

adjective

1
Variant of rightinformalInformal spelling of right.
He's rite, you know.

Etymology

Variation of right.

adverb

1
Variant of rightinformalInformal spelling of right.
It's rite next to my house.
1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure One of our cats has a bald spot on his hind & it looks like it was shaved rite off.

interjection

1
Variant of rightinformalInformal spelling of right.
Rite, let's do it.

noun

1
Variant of rightinformalInformal spelling of right.

Forms

plural: rites

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rite · A religious custom.

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