rite /rīt/

1. A ceremonial form or observance, esp religious
2. A liturgy

riteˈless adjective

rite of passage or (French) rite de passage /rēt də pas-äzh/ noun (pl rites of passage or rites de passage)

A term, first used by the French anthropologist Arnold van Gennep, for any of the ceremonies (such as those associated with birth, puberty, marriage or death) which mark or ensure a person's transition from one status to another within society

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