[Elsie]

 If it helps, in my training the "rite" is what you say.

Oh!

 

Like 'ual' part is what you do...

 

 

ritual

 

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rit·u·al

ˈriCH(əw)əl/

noun

noun: ritual; plural noun: rituals

1. 1.

   a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order.

   "the ancient rituals of Christian worship"

   • the prescribed order of performing a ceremony, especially one characteristic of a particular religion or church.

     synonyms:

     ceremony, rite, ceremonial, observance; More service, sacrament, liturgy, worship; act, practice, custom, tradition, convention, formality, procedure, protocol "an elaborate civic ritual"

   • a series of actions or type of behavior regularly and invariably followed by someone.

     "her visits to Joy became a ritual"

adjective

adjective: ritual

1. 1.

   of, relating to, or done as a religious or solemn rite.

   "ritual burial"

[Mad Dawg]

Yeah, even Catholics don't keep the distinction tidily. They're not high on my list of words whose etymology I want to scope out. Anthony Esolen -- who wth his wife turned out a fine translation of Dante's Commedia -- is an etymology whiz. Maybe I'll ask him some time.

The distinction as I stated it was what they taught me in seminary. I was pretty much parroting.