initiatory rite
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Another problem in this connection is as to the right or wisdom of an unordained lady missionary to administer this initiatory rite to such women converts.
From India's Problem, Krishna or Christ by Jones, John P. (John Peter)
One at a time these novices take their place in the centre of the hogán and the initiatory rite is performed over them.
From The North American Indian by Curtis, Edward S.
Being an initiatory rite, baptism is only administered once to the same person.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various
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 Napier, James
