- 1儀式、典禮。
A rite is a fixed set of actions people do for a serious or religious reason, usually in the same way every time, as part of a ceremony - a wedding rite, a funeral rite, or a "rite of passage," meaning an event that marks a big change in someone's life, like becoming an adult. It sounds more formal and traditional than the everyday word "custom."
From the word’s history
Via Middle English and Old French, from Latin ritus.
經中古英文、古法文，源自拉丁文 ritus。
組成From Latin "ritus" (a religious ceremony).
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
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ritenoun詞源 1/ɹaɪt/
- 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.
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