fraternity initiation
Greek house ritual
Fraternity initiation is the ritual process by which new members are formally admitted to a college fraternity.
Initiation typically follows a pledging period and may include ceremonies, oaths, and tests of loyalty or endurance.
The term often carries connotations of hazing—physical or psychological ordeals that range from humiliating to dangerous: Three students were hospitalized after a fraternity initiation gone wrong.
- pledgeBinding promise given
- pledge classProspective Greek organization members
- hazingAbusive initiation practices
- hell weekExtremely demanding time span
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
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- milestonesgraduation, wedding, birthday, retirement, birth
- school eventsgraduation, commencement, graduation day, graduation ceremony, kindergarten graduation
- initiation ritesrite of passage, walkabout, puberty rites, ordeal, coming of age
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