Initiation

Word INITIATION
Character 10
Hyphenation in i ti a tion
Pronunciations /ɪ.nɪ.ʃi.ˈeɪ.ʃən/

Definitions and meanings of "Initiation"

What do we mean by initiation?

The act or process of initiating something. noun

The process of being initiated. noun

The condition of being initiated. noun

A ceremony, ritual, test, or period of instruction with which a new member is admitted to an organization or office or to knowledge. noun

The act of initiating or setting on foot; a beginning or starting: as, the initiation of a new enterprise. noun

Introduction by preliminary instruction or ceremony; initial guidance or admission, especially in some set or formal way, as into knowledge of or participation in anything, membership in an association, or the like. noun

The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced noun

The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order. noun

The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc. noun

The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order. noun

An act that sets in motion some course of events noun

Wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge noun

The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new noun

A formal entry into an organization or position or office noun

The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced

The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.

The first step of transcription or of transduction.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Initiation

The word "initiation" in example sentences

The analogy was only partial: for boys the term applied to them while they were involved in initiation ceremonies and not after the * mlao ceremonies. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Sixth is the name initiation, analogous to the naming of the child. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The most exalted initiation is also called "the fourth initiation" or "the word initiation" The previous great wisdom-gnosis initiation empowers the disciple to achieve the eleventh bodhisattva stage. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I here use the word initiation because I have no doubt that Virgil had in his mind when writing it the Greek idea of initiation into mysteries preparatory to a new life. ❋ W. Warde Fowler (1884)

"No; for she says they can only be arrived at through a certain initiation which I have not had after certain preliminary steps, which I have not yet taken." ❋ Unknown (1856)

I did not then know why I was selected for such an 'initiation' -- and I do not know even now. ❋ Marie Corelli (1889)

My initiation was a punk-rock band and I played in an African funk band. ❋ Killian Fox (2010)

Based on the etymologies and distribution of the names for the rites alone it seems that in a much earlier point in their history the word * - kumbi named the initiation period in which boys were circumcised. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Breastfeeding immediately after birth (referred to as initiation) ❋ Unknown (2010)

We are then plunged into the mayhem of a Skull & Bones initiation, which is so brainless, juvenile, and casually cruel that it immediately convinced me that I didn't want these guys running an ice cream stand, let alone a country. ❋ Walter Jon Williams (2010)

In Kenpo, when I tested for my orange belt, the initiation was a front kick to the solar plexus stomach with someone behind to spot your fall. ❋ Floreta (2009)

Indications from the Vatican and from a wide swath of Catholic officialdom suggest that in practice, it's unlikely there will ever again be a war defined as the initiation of hostilities without international warrant or an execution the church does not officially oppose. ❋ Mike L (2007)

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