rite of passage
noun [C]Definition
› an official ceremony or informal activity that marks an important stage or occasion in a person's life, especially becoming an adultCeremoniesStages of life
(Definition of rite of passage noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- adolescence noun
- adulthood noun
- arrive verb (BEGIN)
- autumn years idiom
- babyhood noun
- boyhood noun
- get on phrasal verb (OLD)
- girlhood noun
- glory days noun
- golden age noun
- heyday noun
- majority noun (AGE)
- middle age noun
- middle-aged adjective
- midlife crisis noun
- old age noun
- period noun (TIME)
- those were the days idiom
- twilight years idiom
- youth noun (PERIOD/STATE)
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