initiation
formal admission or acceptance into an organization or club, adult status in one's community or society, etc.
the ceremonies or rites of admission.: Compare rite of passage.
the act of initiating.
the fact of being initiated.
Origin of initiation
1Other words from initiation
- pre·in·i·ti·a·tion, noun
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How to use initiation in a sentence
Many of these students have granted their own initiations, in keeping with a tradition of over 1,000 years.
They must go through the initiations necessary to impress this upon them.
Pagan & Christian Creeds | Edward CarpenterThe initiations into the Katipunan were grotesque in the extreme.
The Katipunan | J. Brecknock Watson (AKA Francis St. Clair)But the cruelty of savage initiations has been purified away.
The Homeric Hymns | Andrew LangThe sight made an American think of college fraternities conducting outdoor initiations.
The Glory of The Coming | Irvin S. Cobb
Their initiations gave their new inmate at first an almost dazzling sense of culture.
The Pupil | Henry James
British Dictionary definitions for initiation
/ (ɪˌnɪʃɪˈeɪʃən) /
the act of initiating or the condition of being initiated
the often secret ceremony initiating new members into an organization
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