rite : Idioms & Phrases
last rites
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noun a Catholic sacrament; a priest anoints a dying person with oil and prays for salvation
extreme unction; anointing of the sick.
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noun rites performed in connection with a death or burial
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Love rites
- sexual intercourse. Pope
Webster 1913
religious rite
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noun an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
rite.
- the rite of baptism
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rite of passage
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noun a ritual performed in some cultures at times when an individual changes status (as from adolescence to adulthood)
