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n. (initiation ceremony English)
Usage examples of "initiation ceremonies".
He admitted that the initiation ceremonies were more or less as described, but—.
He admitted that the initiation ceremonies were more or less as described, but-to tell the truth-he couldn't say for sure, because he had initiated very few brothers in the course of his career.
All the ships were conducting crossing-the-line initiation ceremonies.
This was later symbolized in initiation ceremonies and the like by `purification by water and consecration by fire' before {180} a man could enter the temple, that is, become the neophyte new-born, or the hero of the mysteries therein celebrated.
People wrote of the Templars as idol worshipers, because they worshiped a mysterious 'head' at their secret initiation ceremonies.
Sylvie had endured the most brutal training, designed in part specifically to cauterize her feelings, and she had been through Kadar's initiation ceremonies, which were many times worse.