Translations for „initiation rite“ in the English » German Dictionary

initiation rite N

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initiation rite soziol

Initiationsritus m

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English

A guard then put them through a mindless initiation rite.

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Freshers' week has been an initiation rite where incomers are expected to show off and join in with uncontrolled (cheap) boozing and bad behaviour.

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Vine's novel is inhabited by ordinary passengers, tube aficionados, pickpockets, buskers, vigilantes, and children who go sledging on the roofs of cars as an initiation rite.

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The tournament soon grew in prestige and importance, being considered the initiation rite of future world tennis champions.

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But by the 1970s neither the initiation rite nor the burial rite was required.

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The activity has been an initiation rite, of sorts, ever since.

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The youths had gathered to drink and take part in an initiation rite where younger students were paddled by seniors.

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This is followed by an initiation rite where the aspirant is blindfolded and receives blows in the back of the thigh with the use of a wood paddle.

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They do not attend specific training or receive any initiation rite.

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The initiation rite is not considered a secret, but neither is it publicized indiscriminately.

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