Rite Explained

Rite may refer to:

Religion

• Ritual, an established ceremonious act
• Rite (Christianity), sacred rituals in the Christian religion
• Ritual family, Christian liturgical traditions; often also called liturgical rites
• Catholic particular churches and liturgical rites, within the Catholic Church
• Christian liturgy, traditional patterns of worship in Christianity
• Li (Confucianism), rites in the Confucian ritual religion
• Nusach (Jewish custom), rites of worship in Judaism
• Rite of passage, a ceremonious act associated with social transition
• Sacrament, rites in Christianity including baptism, communion, and last rites
• Samskara (rite of passage), rites of passage in Indic religions and cultures

Arts, entertainment, and media

• RITE Method, game usability criteria
• Rite (album), a 1993 ambient album by Julian Cope and Donald Ross Skinner
• Rites (album) a 1998 jazz album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek
• The Rite (1969 film), a Swedish drama film
• The Rite (2011 film), an American horror film
• Quarry (novel), a 2011 book by Ally Kennen, originally entitled Rites
• Sacred Rite (band), American heavy metal band active from the 1980s to the 2000s

Other uses

• Masonic rites, a series of degrees of initiation in Freemasonry
• Mount Rite, a mountain in the Dolomites in the Veneto region of Italy
• RITES, an Indian company

See also

• Rite of passage (disambiguation)
• Ritual (disambiguation)
• Syriac Rite (disambiguation)