Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a ritual performed in some cultures at times when an individual changes status (as from adolescence to adulthood);
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rite of passage
n 1: a ritual performed in some cultures at times when an
individual changes status (as from adolescence to
adulthood)
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "rite of passage":
baccalaureate service, celebration, ceremonial, ceremony,
commencement, convocation, empty formality, exercise, exercises,
formal, formality, function, graduation, graduation exercises,
inaugural, inauguration, initiation, liturgy, mummery, observance,
office, performance, religious ceremony, rite, rite de passage,
ritual, service, solemnity, solemnization