Something that serves to initiate; an initiatory rite.
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| 释义 | society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > initiatory > [noun] (6) initiatory1675 Something that serves to initiate; an initiatory rite. Upanayana1817 An initiation ceremony, one of the rites undergone by Hindu boys of the three higher castes between the ages of eight and sixteen. Yeibichai1887 A Navajo curative or initiation ceremony performed by masked dancers representing a deity; also, one of the dancers performing the ceremony and the… initiation ceremony1899 Subcategories:— rite of passage (2) |
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