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 (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

• RITE Method, usability testing method

• 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)