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rite

/raɪt/noun

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संस्कार, अनुष्ठान, रीति

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noun
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    a ceremony performed by a particular group of people, often for religious purposes

    संस्कार, अनुष्ठान, रीति

    • funeral rites
    • wedding rites
    • Young priests learned the rites of the temple from their elders.
    + 2 more examples
    • The coming-of-age rite is held every spring in the village.
    • Rites of passage, such as graduation, mark important moments in life.

    Synonyms ritual ceremony observance sacrament custom

Idioms 1

rite of passage

a ceremony or an event that marks an important stage in somebody's life

जीवन के महत्वपूर्ण पड़ाव का संस्कार

  • Getting a first job is a rite of passage.
◇Word family
ritual noun, adj.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?

Homophone, asked very often: rite (a ceremony), right (correct; a legal claim), write (put words on paper) and wright (a maker, as in playwright) are all pronounced /raɪt/.

Homophone में यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: rite (संस्कार), right (सही; कानूनी अधिकार), write (लिखना) और wright (बनाने वाला, playwright की तरह) सबकी pronunciation /raɪt/ है।

Keep the ceremony words together: rite, ritual (a series of actions always done the same way), ceremony, sacrament (a Christian religious ceremony), custom.

समारोह के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: rite, ritual (हमेशा एक ही तरह किए जाने वाले कार्य), ceremony, sacrament (ईसाई धार्मिक समारोह), custom।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

A rite of passage.

Idiom: 'a rite of passage' का अर्थ है जीवन का वह महत्वपूर्ण पड़ाव या संस्कार जो एक अवस्था से दूसरी अवस्था में जाने का प्रतीक होता है, जैसे पहली नौकरी।

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General knowledge

Hinduism has sixteen samskaras (rites of passage).

हिंदू धर्म में सोलह संस्कार हैं।