Bar and bat mitzvahs, for example (5)

I believe the answer is:

rites

(Other definitions for rites that I've seen before include "Customary observances, religious say" , "Tires of religious ceremonies" , "Formal ceremonial procedures" , "Ceremonial observances" , "Prescribed religious ceremonies" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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