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Western Rite (disambiguation)

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Western Rite or Western liturgical rite can refer to:

  • Latin liturgical rites, liturgical rites of the Latin Church, also known as the Western Church, which is the main part of the Catholic Church
  • Western Rite Orthodoxy, designation for Christian communities within Eastern Orthodoxy or Oriental Orthodoxy, that use traditional western liturgies
  • any other liturgical rite of western origin or use in Christian liturgy
  • Western Syriac Rite, western variant of the Syriac Rite, itself belonging to the family of Eastern liturgical rites

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