initiatory rite

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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 Miller, William James

The difference is this: the "baptism" is received but once; it is, so to speak, the initiatory rite to the life of Pentecostal service, and fullness, and victory.

From The Spirit-Filled Life by MacNeil, John

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

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 Parsons, John Denham

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