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RITE OF PASSAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ritual performed in some cultures at times when an individual changes status (as from adolescence to adulthood)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rite of passage" is a kind of...):
rite; ritual (any customary observance or practice)
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