RITE. In general, the manner and form of a religious function. Hence the words and actions to be carried out in the performance of a given act, e.g., the rite of baptism, or rite of consecration, the Roman Rite. The term in its widest ecclesiastical sense refers to the principal historic rituals in the Catholic Church, whose essentials are the same as derived from Jesus Christ. The four parent rites in Catholicism are the Antiochene, Alexandrine, Roman, and Gallican. Some religious orders have their own rites. In all cases, however, the ritual must be approved by the Holy See. (Etym. Latin ritus, religious custom, usage, ceremony.)
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Among those Religious Orders that have their own Rites (now celebrated only by Traditionalists within those Orders and Traditionalist groups drawing their inspiration from them, such as the Fraternity of St Vincent Ferrer from the Dominicans) are the Carmelites, Dominicans, and Benedictines.
The Carmelite Rite was originally the Rite of the Holy Sepulchre, celebrated by the Carmelites, the Canons Regular of the Holy Sepulchre, the Chaplains of the Knights of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (Now the Sovereign Military Order of Malta), and others.
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