Ritus

See also: ritus, rítus, and rītus

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rītus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁiːtʊs/

• Audio:

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Noun

Ritus m (strong, genitive Ritus, plural Riten)

1. rite (religious custom)
2. (Roman Catholicism) rite (one of several canonical ways of celebrating mass)

Declension

Declension of Ritus [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ritus	die	Riten
genitive	eines	des	Ritus	der	Riten
dative	einem	dem	Ritus	den	Riten
accusative	einen	den	Ritus	die	Riten

Hyponyms

• Aufnahmeritus
• Hochzeitsritus
• Initiationsritus
• Übergangsritus

 

Related terms

• Ritual
• rituell

Further reading

• “Ritus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Ritus” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Ritus” in Duden online
• “Ritus” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Ritus on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de