rite

Ritus, Ritual

Traditionelle, besonders religiöse Zeremonie oder die festgelegte Art, sie durchzuführen.

In einfachem Englisch: A traditional ceremony, or the set way of carrying out a ceremony, especially a religious one.

• The priest performed the burial rites.
• The marriage rite includes a blessing.
• This ancient rite is still observed in the village.

Synonyme: ritual, ceremony

Häufige Wendungen: religious rite, burial rite, rite of passage, last rite

Ritual, Brauch

Handlung, die auf eine feste oder allgemein erwartete Weise ausgeführt wird.

In einfachem Englisch: An action carried out in an expected or fixed way.

• Tea became a daily rite.
• Their morning rite began with opening every window.
• She followed the familiar social rites of greeting and small talk.

Synonyme: ritual, custom

Häufige Wendungen: daily rite, morning rite, social rite