defloration

binds a woman to her first partner and also unleashes an archaic hostility toward him.

Recast in definition form from: “… it also unleashes an archaic reaction of hostility towards him …”

hostility

marriage

sexuality

Sigmund Freud

taboo

virginity

women

absolution

aischrologia

anointing

atonement

Balinese cockfight

bear ceremony

beatification

burial

candle lighting

canonization

ceremonial

ceremony

circumambulation

commemoration

communion

Consecration

coronation

eucharist

First Monday in October

funeral

funeral rites

haka

hazing

hieros gamos

Holy Communion

human sacrifice

initiation

Japanese tea ceremony

Jewish ritual

last meal

Latin Mass

life-crisis ritual

marriage proposal

moment of silence

Naven

need-fire

pharmakos

positive cult

potlatch

praying

rain-making

redressive ritual

religious observance

rite

rite of passage

rites de passage

ritual acts

ritual as process

consecration

naven

need fire

rain making

defloration, n.Definitions

defloration