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rite de passage

American  
[reet duh pah-sazh] / rit də pɑˈsaʒ /

noun

French.

plural

rites de passage

  1. rite of passage.

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To my surprise, however, my next rite de passage, national service, was quite different.

From The Guardian • Dec. 26, 2010

It will need a long rite de passage before she can freely commune with this world again.

From Alcestis by Murray, Gilbert

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