Greek rite

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noun

1. the rite of the Greek Orthodox Church and of certain Uniat churches, observed in the Greek language.

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Greek rite

These bishops set to work with a will, substituted the Latin for the Greek rite, and brought Bulgaria completely under Roman influence.

From The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey by Forbes, Nevill

To-day, the feast of the Epiphany, I have witnessed mass according to the Greek rite.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

My young carpenter—a Christian—half Syrian, half Copt, of the Greek rite, and altogether a Cairene—would have pleased you. 

From Letters from Egypt by Ross, Janet

Had she not been married to a Russian subject by the Greek rite in Paris?

From The Primadonna by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

A monk of the Greek rite from Kieff taught them to read and write; here their education ended.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk