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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
rite
 
PRONUNCIATION:  rt
NOUN:1. The prescribed or customary form for conducting a religious or other solemn ceremony: the rite of baptism. 2. A ceremonial act or series of acts: fertility rites. 3. Rite The liturgy or practice of a branch of the Christian church.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from Latin rtus. See ar- in Appendix I.
 
 
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