rite of passage
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5.7
- noun
- /raɪt əv ˈpæsaʤ/
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rito de paso
- Getting married is often viewed as a rite of passage that symbolizes the transition to a new family life.
- rites of passage to manhood
- rite of passage, a ritual
- rites of passage marking the transition
And really, both of these books talk about a rite of passage for young men.
- And really, both of these books talk about a rite of passage for young men.
- And that was like a rite of passage for me.
- Like it was a very much like before and after kind of rite of passage experience.
- But yeah, it's, I just feel like it was a successful rite of passage.
- It is just a rite of passage because in all of history, there has been a rite of passage for boys becoming men.
- You get the children of the rich who are there because that's a rite of passage.
- He's like, and he eventually tells me it's another passage, another rite, a ritual rite of passage from become a warrior.
- And I went through a lot of kind of rites of passage for a young, young male going into adulthood.
- I, I, I personally have been doing a lot of men's work, working with other men to, to bring each other through these rites of passage.
- So they they, they have a rite of passage, that tribe that serves as the precursor of commercial bungee jumping whereby they take vine ropes.
- And these are our rites of passage week, week, passive week.
Examples
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The graduation ceremony is a significant rite of passage marking the transition from student to professional.
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And really, both of these books talk about a rite of passage for young men.
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As in, I have done this rite of passage and I am now in the next stage.
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And in fact, for centuries, this has been a rite of passage, and it still is today.
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And the way we do that, fellas, the way we do this is by creating a rite of passage experience for our sons.
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And I went through a lot of kind of rites of passage for a young, young male going into adulthood.
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For college-educated young adults in the United States, internships have become a career rite of passage.
Academic text (2017) -
Terri had a talent for experiencing every adolescent rite of passage before I got to it.
Fiction book (2002) -
In many cultures, turning 18 is celebrated as a rite of passage into adulthood.
Synonyms
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6.3
A formal ceremony often held as part of a religious tradition
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4.1
The time when a young person becomes an adult and starts adult life
How Significant
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a ceremony marking an important transition' is directly derivable from combining 'rite' (a formal ceremony) with 'passage' (the process of passing between states); the prepositional link 'of' simply links the ceremony to the transition. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g. French 'rite de passage', Spanish 'rito de paso'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Rite of passage comes from two simple images: rite means a ceremony and passage means a crossing or move from one stage to another, like a young person walking through a gate to join the adult world. That's why the phrase means 'a ceremony that marks an important life transition'.