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A '''rite''' is an established, ceremonious, usually [[religious]] act or [[process art]].
Rites fall into three major categories:
* [[rites of passage]], generally changing an individual's social status, such as [[marriage]], [[baptism]], or [[graduation]].
* [[worship|rites of worship]], where a community comes together to worship, such as [[Jew]]ish [[synagogue]] or [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]]
* [[devotion|rites of personal devotion]], where an individual worships, including prayer and [[pilgrimage]]s such as the [[Muslim]] [[Hajj]].
==Christian==
Within [[Christianity]], "rite" often refers to what is also called a [[sacrament]] or to the ceremonies associated with the sacraments. In Roman Catholicism, for example, the sacrament of [[Anointing of the Sick|the Anointing of the Sick]] is one of the three that are administered to someone who is dying or is seriously ill. Because in the years before the [[Second Vatican Council]] the Anointing of the Sick was reserved for those in immediate danger of death, it was traditionally known as the ''last rites''. Others sacraments that could be celebrated with the Anointing of the Sick included [[Penance#Sacramental Penance|Penance]] and [[Eucharist]] (administered as [[Viaticum]] in the case of a dying person).
The term also refers to a body of liturgical tradition usually emanating from a specific center. Examples include the [[Roman Rite]], the [[Byzantine Rite]], and the [[Sarum Rite]]. Such rites may include various sub-rites. For example, the Byzantine Rite has Greek, Russian, and other ethnically-based variants. For a full list of Christian liturgical rites, see [[Christian liturgy]].
==Masonic==
In [[North America]], [[Freemasonry|Freemasons]] have the option of joining the [[Scottish Rite]] and/or the [[York Rite]], two appendant bodies that offer additional degrees to those who have taken the basic three.
==See also==
*[[Ceremony]]
*[[Confucianism#Rites|Rites]]: a Confucian philosophical concept
*[[Ritual]]
*[[Ambrosian Rite]]
*[[Chaldean rite]]
*[[Process Art]]
[[Category:Ceremonies]]
[[Category:Ritual]]
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