Search Result for "rite of passage":
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)