释义 |
initiand|ɪˈnɪʃɪænd| [ad. L. initiandus, gerundive of initiāre initiate v.: see -and2.] One who is about to be initiated (in quot. 1969, one who initiates).
1915Edin. Rev. Jan. 127 The initiands are taken away from human society, often to a mountain, sometimes to a forest. 1931K. E. Kirk Vision of God 473 A prayer of the initiand follows, in which he addresses the gods. 1969R. Manheim tr. Corbin's Creative Imagination in S̉ūfism Introd. 60 To have him as a master and initiand is to be obliged to be what he himself is. |