age grade
Cultural Anthropol. and Sociology
noun
Any one of a number of ritually marked life stages through which groups of similarly-aged people within a tribe, community, etc., move together.
Origin
Late 19th century.
- inst.
- instability
- instal
- install
- installation
- installer
- installment
- installment plan
- instalment
- instalment credit
- instance
- instance court
- instancy
- instant
- instantaneity
- instantaneous
- instantaneously
- instantaneousness
- instant camera
- instanter
- instantiate
- instantiation
- Instant Kiwi
- instantly
- instant message