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Rite
Rite noun - An oft-repeated action or series of actions performed in accordance with tradition or a set of rules.
Usage example: the annual summer rite of loading up the car for the big family vacation
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In The Crystal Cave, after 12-year-old Merlin is caught spying on a secret rite, Count Ambrosius orders him brought to his headquarters, where he is given a hot bath (a Roman custom) and a meal.
Source: Bathe Her and Bring Her to Me -
Mrs. Ketchum has no problem with allowing her son Ash, age 10, to travel the Pokémon world - with or without any traveling companions and amass a small personal army of creatures who protect him; it's a custom that borders on Rite of Passage, after all.
Source: Open-Minded Parent
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