- plural of rite.
rites
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Last rites hadn’t even been performed on the plummeting Red Sox in the playoffs when a six-state civic emergency commenced over the local NFL concern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Gormlie said swimming and diving are local rites of passage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Officials said DNA samples were taken from the bodies so that families could later claim them and perform traditional funeral rites.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
It made up for missed teenage rites of passage — the senior prom, the homecoming dance, the debutante ball — by doubling down on sentimentality.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
“You know, Ophelia, that nothing is as it seems at Elsinore. Gertrude wept as the rites were read, and I believe her grief was real, but Claudius betrayed neither satisfaction nor sorrow.”
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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