The Devil's Dictionary: Rite

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
R.I.P.
RITUALISM

RITE

-n.

A religious or semi-religious ceremony fixed by law, precept or custom, with the essential oil of sincerity carefully squeezed out of it.

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