initiation

Academic Word List, sublist 6.

About 8.95 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.

   initiation into a society

2. noun The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.
3. noun The first step of transcription or of transduction.

Similar words

induction founding origination installation foundation creation institution instauration trigger initiate

Often followed by

of and into in rites is ceremonies ceremony to

Word family

initiate initiated initiates initiating initiations initiative initiatives initiator initiators