Rite_of_passage Rite_of_passage

Rite of passage - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Abyss, Acceptance, Access, Acciaccatura, Act, Action, Adit, Adoption, Advance, Adventure, Aisle, Alchemy, Alley, Alteration, Ambulatory, Anacrusis

A rite of passage is a ritual that marks a change in a person's social or sexual status. The term was popularised by the French ethnographer Arnold van Gennep (1873-1957), in the early part of the twentieth century. Further theories were developed in the 1960s by Mary Douglas and Victor Turner.

Rites of passage are often ceremonies surrounding events such as childbirth, menarche or other milestones within puberty, weddings, menopause, and death.

Other rites include:

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Example Usage of passage

Little_Claaire: De passage !
johnwanders: Veel hulpdiensten op de been bij passage in centrum Den Haag. Er wordt een baby gereanimeerd.
chroniqueblonde: mon chéri s'est amusé à me faire peur avec le masque d'Esther hier en rentrant du ciné, c'est malin :-( (j'ai bien aimé le film au passage)
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