Crossword clues for rite of passage
rite of passage
Wiktionary
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.
WordNet
n. a ritual performed in some cultures at times when a individual changes his status (as from adolescence to adulthood)
Wikipedia
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 term innovated by the ethnographer Arnold van Gennep in his work Les rites de passage, "The Rites of Passage." The term is now fully adopted into anthropology as well as into the literature and popular cultures of many modern languages.
Rite of Passage is a science fiction novel by Alexei Panshin. Published in 1968 as an Ace Science Fiction Special, this novel about a shipboard teenager's coming of age won that year's Nebula Award, and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1969.
"Rite of Passage" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It was first broadcast on March 13, 1998, during the fourth season.
A rite of passage is a ritual that marks a change in a person's social or sexual status.
Rite(s) of passage may also refer to:
Rite of Passage is a British-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Ascot Gold Cup and being named Cartier Racing Award for European Champion Stayer in 2010. His career was unusual in the fact that he established himself as a high-class performer under National Hunt rules before moving to flat-racing. His win in the Gold Cup came in his third start under flat rules.
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.