rite de passage
noun
rites de passage
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pluralof rite de passage.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Anthropologists classify such practices as rites de passage, marking a transition from the old to the new.
From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by William Sleeman
