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rite of passage
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A rite of passage is a celebration of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another. It involves a significant change of status in society . In cultural anthropology the term is the Anglicisation of rite de passage , a French ...
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n. (context anthropology English) a ceremony or series of ceremonies, often very ritualized, to celebrate a transition in a person’s life. baptism, bar mitzvahs, weddings and funerals are among the best known examples.
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n. a ritual performed in some cultures at times when a individual changes his status (as from adolescence to adulthood)
Usage examples of rite of passage.
The inner transformation from child to maiden would be confirmed by my rite of passage.
It came and departed so quickly Liriel doubted that Gromph was even aware of it, after all, several centuries of cold and calculating evil lay between him and his own rite of passage.
The blood offering to Torak is a part of the rite of passage into manhood.
So I mean for the six young males here to go with us tomorrow night, into the rite of passage.
The Service offered them tickets to go watch the representatives of the Tytlal undergo another rite of passage on the long path of Uplift.
Francesco Berger had made it clear to her, a few weeks ago, that the examination was a rite of passage, a ceremonial and scholarly necessity.
Don't play the wise man with me, giving yourself airs because you thought some barbarian rite of passage would give you all you wanted.
Naked, without one article from his former life, he made his rite of passage.
He would not be able to complete his rite of passage if he did not land, yet it seemed distinctly awkward to do so.