Western Rite can refer to:
- Latin liturgical rites, rites used by the vast majority of the Roman Catholic Church, as well as some other Western Christians deriving from Catholicism
- Western Rite Orthodoxy, Churches in communion with other Eastern Orthodox Churches who use a traditionally Western liturgical format
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“It is said that some Western steamers can run on a heavy dew, whence we can imagine what a canoe may do.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books.”
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