Rimé (ris.med, ‘without partiality’). 19th-cent. Tibetan eclectic movement, initiated in 1864 by the publication of the first of Jamgon Kongtrul's ‘five treasuries’, the Treasury of All Knowledge (Shes.bya.mdzod). In its attempt at a reconciling inclusiveness, what had been a heresy—the zhen dong doctrine—became the bedrock of a major national movement, which sought to harmonize all teachings in the light of an ontologically positive ultimate reality which is essentially beyond definition. Rimé was at its strongest in its own province of Khams and its effects were felt strongly everywhere but, perhaps because of the importance attached by all schools to their respective lineages, it never looked like dissolving the distinctions fully. The Geluk indeed stayed well apart from it as a school, unflinching in their condemnation of the zhen dong heresy.

rime2 †metre XII; consonance of terminal elements in words; (rhyming) verse XIII; word that rhymes XVI. — (O)F. — medL. rithmus, rythmus (used spec. of accentual verse which was usu. rhymed), for L. rhythmus RHYTHM.
So rime vb. XIII. — (O)F. rimer. The sp. rime prevailed till XVI, when the tendency to respell on classical models led to the use of rithme, r(h)ythme; these were succeeded after 1600 by rhime, RHYME.

rime¹ / rīm/ • n. (also rime ice) frost formed on cold objects by the rapid freezing of water vapor in cloud or fog. ∎ poetic/lit. hoarfrost. • v. [tr.] poetic/lit. cover (an object) with hoarfrost: he does not brush away the frost that rimes his beard. rime² • n. & v. archaic spelling of rhyme.

rime The white deposit of ice that results from crystal growth on objects that are at a temperature below the freezing point. Supercooled water droplets in fog freeze on contact with such surfaces.

rime The white deposit of ice that results from crystal growth on objects that are at a temperature below the freezing point. Supercooled water droplets in fog freeze on contact with such surfaces.

rime1 hoar frost. OE. hrīm = (M)Du. rijm, ON. hrím.

rime: see rhyme.

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