rite of intensification
noun Anthropology.
a ritual or ceremony performed by a community in a time of crisis that affects all members, as a rain dance during a drought.
Nearby words
rita, ritalin, ritardando, rite, rite de passage, rite of intensification, rite of passage, rite of spring, the, ritenuto, rites of passage, ritornello
Origin of rite of intensification
First recorded in 1945–50
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