Definitions for rite of passage
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1. rite of passagenoun

   a ritual performed in some cultures at times when an individual changes status (as from adolescence to adulthood)

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1. rite of passagenoun

   a ceremony or series of ceremonies, often very ritualized, to celebrate a transition in a person's life. Baptisms, bar mitzvahs, weddings and funerals are among the best known examples.

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1. rite of passage

   A rite of passage is a ceremony or event marking an important stage in someone's life, particularly birth, puberty, coming of age, marriage, and death. It signifies the transition from one phase of life to another and is often associated with ritual or ceremonial practices in many cultures.

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1. Rite of passage

   A rite of passage is a ritual event that marks a person's transition from one status to another. The concept of rites of passage as a general theory of socialization was first formally articulated by Arnold van Gennep in his book The Rites of Passage to denote rituals marking the transitional phase between childhood and full inclusion into a tribe or social group. The concept of the rite of passage is also used to to explore and describe various other milestones in an individual's life, for any marked transitional stage, when one's social status is altered. Gennep's work exercised a deep impact on anthropological thought. Milestones include transitions from puberty, year 7 to high school, coming of age, marriage and death. Initiation ceremonies such as baptism, akika, confirmation and Bar or Bat Mitzvah are considered important rites of passage for people of their respective religions. Rites of passage show anthropologists what social hierarchies, values and beliefs are important in specific cultures.

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1. • Ritual

How to pronounce rite of passage?

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rite of passage in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rite of passage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of rite of passage in a Sentence

1. Alexi Pappas:

   To join that tradition felt like a rite of passage and something that I was genuinely curious about, being Greek, it's also one of those traditions that's deeply rooted in my background and I think everyone runs a marathon out of curiosity for what their mind or bodies might be able to do.

2. Raj Dasgupta:

   It's unfortunate, but it's almost like a rite of passage in a college student to pull the perennial all-nighter even though we know that's not what you're supposed to do.

3. Neil Cavuto:

   For Fox Business, this is an important rite of passage, i don't want to screw Fox Business up.

4. Greg Waldron:

   It could be seen as a loss of face for the Chinese given they deem FAA certification a key rite of passage for what will be the first domestically built jet to enter commercial service.

5. Isaiah Thomas:

   I am humbled by every person who told my office of the humiliation and trauma experienced in some of these traffic stops, to many people who look like me, a traffic stop is a rite of passage -- we pick out cars, we determine routes, we plan our social interactions around the fact that it is likely that we will be pulled over by police.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=rite of passage
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rite_of_Passage
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=rite of passage