subs. phr. (conventional).—Copulation: see GREENS.
d. 1638. CAREW, A Rapture. We only sinne when LOVE’S RITES are not done.
1733. N. BAILEY, trans. The Colloquies of Erasmus, ‘The Uneasy Wife.’ There are some Women who will be querulous, and scold even while the RITES OF LOVE are performing.
