Rite
Rite , noun
[Latin ritus; compare Sanskrit rīti a stream, a running, way, manner, ri to flow: compare French rit, rite. CF. Rivulet.]
The act of performing divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept, or custom; a formal act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn observance; a ceremony; as, the rites of freemasonry.
He looked with indifference on rites, names, and forms of ecclesiastical polity.