rita

¹

[ rit-uh ]

noun

, Hinduism.

1. the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.

Rita

²

[ ree-tuh ]

noun

1. a female given name, form of Margarita.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rita¹

From the Sanskrit word ṛta

Example Sentences

His wife, Rita, would wait and pray until she would hear the bicycle squeeze horn he had affixed to the chair.

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Rita King likely would have disagreed with that sentiment when Evans entered the lockup room in back in April 2011.

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A first-rank boulevardier in the 1960s tableau, his wives included one Rita Hayworth.

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From Anna Wintour to Rita Ora to Claire Danes, stars are strutting their stuff in red this season.

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Something named Rita Ora performed with Azalea, looking like Rihanna and singing like Katy Perry and lacking any of their energy.

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He had recognized that the first mention of Rita Irvin's name in the police evidence must be made by himself.

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Monte Irvin was away, and Rita secretly hoped that on his return he would declare himself.

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Well, you see, Rita Irvin was always going there to buy perfumes, and she frequently sent her maid as well.

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Rita laughed with a careless abandon which belonged to that part of her character veiled from the outer world.

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The second phase was the dangerous one for Rita, and during a certain luncheon at Romanos her fate hung in the balance.

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