Home›Lifecycle Rituals›Origin Period Start Year›7th centuryBrowse By7th centuryThis page groups rituals by the year their recorded history begins. Wikipedia notes that "the word 'ritual' is first recorded in English in 1570, and came into use in the 1600s to mean 'the prescribed order of performing religious services'." Browsing by start year lets a visitor see how far back a given ritual's documented history actually reaches.FactsLearn More7th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOriginsWhose Classification This IsWell-attestedThe category is van Gennep's: Les rites de passage (1909) proposed that such rites everywhere follow a three-stage pattern of separation, liminality and incorporation, and Victor Turner's 1969 work on liminality made the middle stage the centre of the frame. It is a scholars' scheme, not a traditions' one. 2OverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRites marking a passage in an individual life - birth and naming, coming of age, marriage, ordination, death. Nearly every tradition marks some of these, but not the same set, and which passages are marked by religious rite rather than by civil custom differs by tradition and by period. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedRituals 1StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2Learn MoreThe lifecycle rituals This group gathers lifecycle rituals, the rites that mark the great transitions of a human life: birth and naming, coming of age, marriage, and other passages by which a person moves from one status to the next. Such rites of passage are found in every religious tradition and are among the most universal features of religious life. The browser will find lifecycle rituals from across the world's traditions. The entries describe each rite's form, meaning and setting, noting the tradition to which it belongs and the transition it marks.7th centuryFilter Results3 entriesAttested InAllHadith (2)FrequencyAllOnce, or at a turning point in a life (3)Life Stage MarkedAllBirth and the newborn (1)Marriage (2)ObligationAllRecommended and meritorious, not required (3)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (3)Social FormAllPerformed by a gathered group (3)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)PractitionerAllLay people (3)Native To RegionAllArabia (3)TraditionAllShia (Twelver) (1)Originated InAllArabia (3)Originates In LanguageAllArabic (2)Classical Arabic (1)Kind of ritualAllBirth and Naming Rites (1)Marriage Rites (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 3Aqeeqah7th centuryNikah7th centuryWalima7th centurySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensionstier 1Catherine Bell, Oxford University Press, 1997Basic Genres of Ritual ActionView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.