English Explanatory Dictionary

rite de passage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of rite of passage.

Pronunciation

/ˌɹiːt də paˈsɑːʒ/ /ˌɹit də ˌpɑˈsɑʒ/

Word forms

rite de passage rites de passage

Etymology

Borrowed from French rite de passage, and attested later than rite of 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).

Synonyms

rite of passage
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