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inition rare.|ɪˈnɪʃɛn|
Also 5 -cion.
[a. OF. inition, inicion (Godef.), ad. L. type *initiōn-em, n. of action f. inīre to enter.]
Entrance, beginning, initiation.
1463G. Ashby Poems (E.E.T.S.) 38/817 Vicious men yeve no gladly inicion To gracious werke, ne goode direccion. a1635Naunton Fragm. Reg. (Arb.) 53 The inition of my Lords friendship with Mountjoy.
Hence iˈnitionary a., pertaining to inition or entrance (into a college, etc.).
1865Trollope Miss Mackenzie I. iv. 71 He hesitated, fearing whether he might be able to pass even the initionary gates of Islington. |