rites

n. (pl.)
1. rights,privileges权利，特权。
△Oth.1.3.259 (257):“The rites for why I love him”，i.e. privileges belong-ing to a wife; rights in sharing Othello's military lifeand dangers for which she loves him.我爱他并和他同甘共苦的权利。
2.❶rights 权利。
❷ceremonies礼仪。
△1H.VI.1.2.113:“I must not yield to any rites of love / For myprofession's sacred from above；”我只能服从于上天赋予我的神圣事业，而决不能屈服于儿女之情。