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rite

Pronunciation: [ˈriː.tɛ]

“rite” is a Latin word. Its meaning in English:

adverb

  1. according to religious usage, with due observances, with proper ceremonies, ceremonially, solemnly, duly

Etymology

Presumably from an ablative of an old third-declension form *rītis, related to rītus (“rite, custom”).

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