"ritus" meaning in Latin

See ritus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈriː.tʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈriː.tus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *reitus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂réy-tu-s ~ *h₂ri-téw-s, from the root *h₂rey- (“to count, observe carefully”). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*reitus}} Proto-Italic *reitus, {{inh|la|ine-pro||*h₂réy-tu-s ~ *h₂ri-téw-s}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂réy-tu-s ~ *h₂ri-téw-s Head templates: {{la-noun|rītus<4>}} rītus m (genitive rītūs); fourth declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|rītus<4>}} Forms: rītus [canonical, masculine], rītūs [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], rītus [nominative, singular], rītūs [nominative, plural], rītūs [genitive, singular], rītuum [genitive, plural], rītuī [dative, singular], rītibus [dative, plural], rītum [accusative, singular], rītūs [accusative, plural], rītū [ablative, singular], rītibus [ablative, plural], rītus [singular, vocative], rītūs [plural, vocative]
  1. rite, ceremony Tags: declension-4
    Sense id: en-ritus-la-noun-Rms8Nshd
  2. habit, custom, usage Tags: declension-4
    Sense id: en-ritus-la-noun-~Y7Nt8-I Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the fourth declension: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 16 50 19 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 37 15 12 12 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: rītuālis 
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