ceremonial vs rite

ceremonial

noun
  • A ceremony, or series of ceremonies, prescribed by ritual. 

adj
  • Of, relating to, or used in a ceremony. 

rite

noun
  • A religious custom. 

  • A prescribed behavior. 

  • used in unique spellings of company brand names 

  • part of the contraction and interjection amirite 

How often have the words ceremonial and rite occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )