Sentence examples for viewed as a rite from inspiring English sources

It is specifically viewed as a rite of purification.

Footbinding was viewed as a rite of passage for young girls and was believed to be preparation for puberty, menstruation, and childbirth.

Menarche is a significant physical and emotional experience for adolescent girls, especially in certain cultures, where it is viewed as a rite of passage, affecting the meaning of lived experiences.

Going to college was traditionally viewed as a rite of passage.

Too often our conversations with our boys is not to discourage underage sex acts -- indeed such acts viewed as a rite of passage for boys -- but rather, to caution them about impregnating a partner, whether she consents or not.

Further, duty hour reforms challenge the dominant professional cultures in some organizations, where working long hours is viewed as a "rite of passage" [ 21] and as a necessary means of gaining the range of experience needed to ensure effective training [ 22, 23].

Lead researcher Prof Dieter Wolke said: "We want to eradicate the myth that bullying at a young age could be viewed as a harmless rite of passage that everyone goes through - it casts a long shadow over a person's life and can have serious consequences for mental health.

The use of weapons in purification rites is often based on a symbolic battle with the forces of evil; the use of firecrackers in some purification rites is viewed as a means of frightening away the demons; the use of curses, abuse, ridicule, and ribaldry in purification rites among the ancient Greeks, for example, was regarded as forms of protection against the demons.

Among many in Britain, Friday's ceremony, more than a rite of renewal, is viewed as a step toward saving the monarchy — and a far from certain one, at that — after a quarter of a century in which its foundations have been shaken as never before in modern times, by the soap opera that Charles and Diana's marriage became as well as the dissolute behavior of many other royals.

Genital cutting of girls, often referred to as female genital mutilation (FGM) or circumcision, is banned in Egypt but the practice remains common as a rite of passage and is often viewed as a way to protect their chastity.

In the ancient Classic of Rites, Rites of Zhou, and "Gongyang" commentary of the Spring and Autumn Annals, seeking vengeance for a violent crime against one's family is viewed as a moral and filial obligation, although in the Rites of Zhou state intervention between the instigating and avenging parties was emphasized.