rite of passage

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A ceremony or series of ceremonies, often very ritualized, to celebrate a passage or transition from one stage of a person's life to another.
2. (broadly) Any significant event or experience that marks a transition from one stage in a person's life to another.

Sinonieme

ritual

Vertalings

rito de passagem

rite de passage

Übergangsritus

διαβατήρια τελετή

overgangsritueel

rite de passage

Ritos de passagem

ritos de passagem

Initiationsritus

rito de paso

Rite de passage

Etimologie (Engels)

From rite + of + passage, a calque of French rite de passage. The French term was coined by French ethnographer and folklorist Arnold van Gennep (1873–1957) and popularized in his work Les rites de passage (1909).