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| Main Entry: |
rite
 [rahyt] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ceremony, tradition |
| Synonyms: | act, celebration, ceremonial, communion, custom, form, formality, liturgy, observance, occasion, ordinance, practice, procedure, ritual, sacrament, service, solemnity |
| Notes: | a rite is an established form of religious or otherwise solemn practice; a ritual is a prescribed form for carrying out the ceremonies associated with such a practice (both from Latin ritus 'ceremony') |
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| Main Entry: | ceremony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ritual; celebratory observation |
| Synonyms: | ceremonial, commemoration, custom, formality, function, liturgy, observance, ordinance, parade, rite, sacrament, service, show, solemnity, tradition |
| Main Entry: | cult |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worship; form of ceremony |
| Synonyms: | admiration, ceremony, craze, creed, cultus, devotion, faddism, faith, idolization, liturgy, persuasion, religion, reverence, rite, ritual, veneration |
| Notes: | a sect is a rule defined by some doctrinal difference, a cult by allegiance to an idea or commanding personality |
Example Sentences
- It is an annual rite that has sustained wildlife ranging from bears to bald eagles.
- The history begins with a moment-by-moment description of the rite of baptism.
- We should also acknowledge that losing professors need not be an inevitable rite of spring.
| Main Entry: | custom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ritual, traditional action |
| Synonyms: | attitude, canon, ceremony, character, convention, conventionalism, customariness, design, dictates, established way, etiquette, fashion, folkways, form, formality, inheritence, manner, matter of course, method, mode, mold, mores, observance, observation, pattern, performance, policy, practice, praxis, precedent, precept, rite, routine, rule, second nature, style, system, taste, type, unwritten law, unwritten rule, usage, use, vogue, way |
| Antonyms: | departure, deviation |
| Main Entry: | form |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accepted procedure; ceremony |
| Synonyms: | behavior, by the book, by the numbers, canon, ceremonial, channels, conduct, convenance, convention, custom, decorum, done thing, etiquette, fashion, formality, habit, law, layout, manner, manners, method, mode, practice, precept, proceeding, process, propriety, protocol, regulation, rite, ritual, ropes, rule, setup, style, usage, way |
| Main Entry: | formality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | convention, custom |
| Synonyms: | academism, ceremony, convenance, conventionality, form, gesture, liturgy, matter of form, officialism, procedure, red tape, rite, ritual, rituality, rubric, rule, service, solemnity, solemnness, stereotype, tradition |
| Antonyms: | informality |
| Main Entry: | formula |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | set preparation; rule, recipe |
| Synonyms: | blueprint, canon, code, credo, creed, custom, description, direction, equation, form, formulary, maxim, method, modus operandi, precept, prescription, principle, procedure, rite, ritual, rote, rubric, specifications, theorem, way |
| Main Entry: | institute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | law; custom |
| Synonyms: | convention, decree, decretum, doctrine, dogma, edict, establishment, fixture, habit, maxim, ordinance, practice, precedent, precept, prescript, principle, regulation, rite, ritual, rule, statute, tenet, tradition |
| Main Entry: | liturgy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | worship, ceremony |
| Synonyms: | celebration, ceremonial, form, formality, formula, observance, rite, ritual, sacrament, service, services |
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