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rite of passage

noun

Anthropology.��a ceremony performed to facilitate or mark a person's change of status upon any of several highly important occasions, as at the onset of puberty or upon entry into marriage or into a clan.
any important act or event that serves to mark a passage from one stage of life to another.

rite of passage

/ rit də pɑsaʒ /

noun

a ceremony performed in some cultures at times when an individual changes his status, as at puberty and marriage
a significant event in a transitional period of someone's life

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Word History and Origins

Origin of rite of passage¹

First recorded in 1955–60

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The arc of the series is involved mainly with their sorting and resorting themselves into couples, however briefly, as they navigate various youth rituals and rites of passage, like beer pong and getting fake IDs.

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The disaster left many students wondering whether they’d get to experience certain adolescent rites of passage, including prom.

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"I've seen the videotape of what happened to this young man. It is not a rite of passage," he said, referring to the student who had the pillowcase put over his head.

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Tens of millions pilgrimage to theme parks each year — consider them a rite of passage, an escape and a way to participate in narrative myths that define the American experience.

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It added that it felt "sadness" for the loss of "a rite of passage for many young visitors".

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