A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning. / Part of a path or journey. / An incident or episode. / The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament. / The advance of time.

(falconry, attributive) Of a bird: Less than a year old but living on its own, having left the nest.

Through which passage can be made; traversable. / (cytology, virology) Capable of being maintained or preserved indefinitely by transplantation in tissue cultures or other organisms.

Alternative spelling of passagemaker

plural of zenial passage

plural of rite of passage

(obsolete) A middle way, especially between two extremes; an intermediate path in space or time.

(geography, nautical) The sea route through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, between the Baffin Bay and the Beaufort Sea.

(anthropology) A ceremony or series of ceremonies, often very ritualized, to celebrate a transition in a person’s life. Baptisms, bar mitzvahs, weddings and funerals are among the best known examples.

The passage between two terraced houses leading between the front and back gardens or yards. / (euphemistic) anus, rectum