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 Cassels, Walter Richard
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
The Baptist, we know, enjoined stated fasts and taught his people to pray, and above all enforced the initiatory rite from which he drew his name.
From Pastor Pastorum by Latham, Rev. Henry
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.
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
