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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun rite of passage has 1 sense

• rite of passage(n = noun.act) - a ritual performed in some cultures at times when an individual changes status (as from adolescence to adulthood);
is a kind of rite, ritual

THESAURUS

rite of passage

baccalaureate service, celebration, ceremonial, ceremony, commencement, convocation, empty formality, exercise, exercises, formal, formality, function, graduation, graduation exercises, inaugural, inauguration, initiation, liturgy, mummery, observance, office, performance, religious ceremony, rite, rite de passage, ritual, service, solemnity, solemnization

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