initiation rite
Example Sentences
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The night before the initiation rite ends, musicians play traditional drums in the compound where the boys have stayed.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2021
Ever since Abraham, circumcision has been the initiation rite of healthy baby boys into the people of Israel’s faith, practice and peoplehood.
From Washington Times • Feb. 12, 2018
She views the incident as an initiation rite that grants her access to Suzanne’s inner circle.
From Slate • Jun. 7, 2016
Or maybe it’s a weird actors’ guild initiation rite: You can’t be in the union until you’ve expelled something solid from your mouth.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2014
This, both of them realized, was their first initiation rite.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
