Term: rite of passage: a ritual performed in some cultures at times when an individual changes status (as from adolescence to adulthood)
Broader: ritual: any customary observance or practice | Unrelated: pholiota: genus of gilled agarics of Europe and North America having brown spores and an annulus; grows on open ground or decaying wood
Broader: ritual: any customary observance or practice | Unrelated: federal emergency management agency: an independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities
Broader: ritual: any customary observance or practice | Unrelated: permanganic acid: an unstable purple acid (HMnO4) known only in solution or of permanganate salts
Broader: ritual: any customary observance or practice | Unrelated: septet: a musical composition written for seven performers
Broader: ritual: any customary observance or practice | Unrelated: shamrock pea: trailing trifoliate Asiatic and African herb having cobalt blue flowers
Broader: ritual: any customary observance or practice | Unrelated: squad room: a room in a police station where members of the force assemble for roll call and duty assignments
Broader: ritual: any customary observance or practice | Unrelated: malayo-polynesian: the branch of the Austronesian languages spoken from Madagascar to the central Pacific
Broader: ritual: any customary observance or practice | Unrelated: american labor party: a former political party in the United States; formed in 1936 in New York when labor and liberals bolted the Democratic Party
Broader: ritual: any customary observance or practice | Unrelated: dove: someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations
Broader: ritual: any customary observance or practice | Unrelated: medal play: golf scoring by total strokes taken