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initiation (iou)



initiation noun. L16.
[Latin initiatio(n-) (in sense 2 in medieval Latin), formed as INITIATE verb: see -ATION.]
Formal introduction with due ceremonies or rites into a society, position, or (secret) knowledge; instruction in the elements of a subject or practice; an instance of this. L16.
initiation ceremony, initiation rite, etc.
L. van der Post The long night of the initiation of the Esquire into Knighthood. J. Viorst The recognition that others have..claims upon her love is our initiation into jealousy.
The action or an act of beginning or originating something; the fact of being begun; commencement, origination. M17.