Latin rite
Speech parts
1. Latin rite - Noun
2. Latin rite - Proper noun
Meaning
Latin rite (plural Latin rites)
A liturgy of any Christian church, spoken in Latin.
Latin rite
The customs of the Catholic church, in general.
Examples
According to the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, the liturgical year begins at 4:00 pm on the Saturday preceding the fourth Sunday prior to 25 December (between November 26 and December 2).
For pastoral reasons, this manner of receiving communion has been legitimately established as the most common form in the Latin rite."
Before the Protestant Reformation, Latin was almost exclusively utilized in Latin Rite Catholic Churches, but was understood by only the most literate.
In the Latin Rite, metropolitans are always archbishops; in many Eastern churches, the title is "metropolitan," with some of these churches using "archbishop" as a separate office.
In the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church the administration of Confirmation is normally reserved to the local bishop.
The coat of arms of a Latin Rite Catholic bishop usually displays a galero with a cross and crosier behind the escutcheon ; the specifics differ by location and ecclesiastical rank (see Ecclesiastical heraldry ).