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Correct speech for ceremony (4)

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rite

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'for ceremony' is the definition.
(rite is a kind of ceremony)

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(Other definitions for rite that I've seen before include "Custom" , "Solemn ceremony" , "Ceremony, liturgy" , "Religious ceremonial sounds correct" , "(Words for) ceremony" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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