Liminality

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  liminality \liminality\ n. (Anthropology)
     that temporary state during a rite of passage when the
     participant lacks social status or rank, is required to
     follow specified forms of conduct, and is expected to show
     obedience and humility. --RHU
     [PJC]