"Ritus" meaning in German

See Ritus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʁiːtʊs/ Audio: De-Ritus.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin rītus. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:bor|la:rītus}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "rītus", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Ritus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Ritus">, {{bor+|de|la|rītus}} Borrowed from Latin rītus Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,Riten}} Ritus m (strong, genitive Ritus, plural Riten) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,Riten}} Forms: Ritus [genitive], Riten [plural], strong [table-tags], Ritus [nominative, singular], Riten [definite, nominative, plural], Ritus [genitive, singular], Riten [definite, genitive, plural], Ritus [dative, singular], Riten [dative, definite, plural], Ritus [accusative, singular], Riten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. rite (religious custom) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Ritus-de-noun-gxQ2s1AC Categories (other): German entries with etymon Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 49 51
  2. (Roman Catholicism) rite (one of several canonical ways of celebrating mass) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Ritus-de-noun-02xNaqlZ Categories (other): Roman Catholicism, German entries referencing missing etymons, German entries with etymon, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of German entries referencing missing etymons: 36 64 Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 49 51 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 8 92 Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: Aufnahmeritus, Hochzeitsritus, Initiationsritus, Übergangsritus Related terms: Ritual, rituell

Inflected forms

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