initiatory rite
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The initiatory rite was essential to full participation in the Covenant.
From Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Walter Richard Cassels
Some time before his apprehension he had become a convert to Judaism, and had undergone the initiatory rite.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
They had also a ceremony of baptism, dipping in the sacred lake, as an initiatory rite, and had also a sacrament of bread and wine.
From Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century by James Napier
This further reference to the non-Mosaic initiatory rite of baptism is followed by a quotation of Ezekiel xlvii.
From The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion by John Denham Parsons
Holy Baptism is the initiatory rite by which we are admitted into the fellowship of Christ's Religion, admitted into His Church.
From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by William James Miller
