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21initiation — /ɪnɪʃiˈeɪʃən/ (say inishee ayshuhn) noun 1. formal admission into a society, etc. 2. the ceremony of admission. 3. the act of initiating. 4. the fact of being initiated. 5. Theosophy development of consciousness surpassing the average human level …
22initiation — A ceremony, formal or informal, by which one is received into a fraternal order, social group, or membership corporation …
23initiation ceremony — noun A ritual during which an initiate is admitted to an organization or given secret knowledge; sometimes contains one or more tests that have to be passed or endured …
24Line-crossing ceremony — U.S. Sailors and Marines participate in a line crossing ceremony aboard USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) as the ship passes the Equator May 16, 2008. It has been a long naval tradition to initiate pollywogs, sailors who have never crossed the Equator,… …
25Religious initiation rites — Many cultures practice or have practiced initiation rites, including the ancient Egyptian, the Hebraic/Jewish, the Babylonian, the Mayan, and the Norse cultures. The modern Japanese practice of Miyamairi is such as ceremony. In some, such… …
26Naming ceremony — A naming ceremony is the event at which an infant is given a name or names. They can occur anywhere from mere days after birth to several months afterwards. Some of these ceremonies have religious or cultural significance. In Christianity the… …
27sacraments of Christian initiation — This expression refers to the first three Christian sacraments Baptism, Confirmation,and the Eucharist that are traditionally conferred at the same ceremony on adults and, in the Eastern Churches, on children. These three sacraments initiate… …
28Hinduism — /hin dooh iz euhm/, n. the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many… …
29Amrit Sanskar — or Amrit Sanchar or the Amrit ceremony is the Sikh ceremony of initiation or baptism. This practice has been in existence since the times of Guru Nanak Dev (1469 1539). During that time period, this ceremony was known as Charan Amrit or Charan… …
30Sikhism — /see kiz euhm/, n. the religion and practices of the Sikhs. [SIKH + ISM] * * * Indian monotheistic religion founded in the late 15th century by Guru Nanak. Most of its 18 million members, called Sikhs, live in the Punjab, the site of their… …
