'rite of passage' definitions:
Definition of 'rite of passage'
From: WordNet
noun
A ritual performed in some cultures at times when an individual changes status (as from adolescence to adulthood)
Synonyms of 'rite of passage'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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