initiation ceremony
Formal welcoming rite
An initiation ceremony is a ritual marking entry into a group, stage of life, or body of knowledge.
Fraternities have initiation ceremonies for new members; religious traditions have them for converts or those coming of age.
The ceremony typically involves symbolic acts, tests, or ordeals meant to transform the initiate: The initiation ceremony lasted three days.
- dikshaReligious initiation by teacher
- rite of passageTransition-marking ceremony
- coming of ageReaching adult status
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- quinceañeraFifteenth birthday celebration
sacred ritual · ritual · vision quest · liminality · bar mitzvah · confirmation · baptism by fire · ordination · novitiate · fraternal order · puberty rites · ancestral rites · inauguration · secret societies · sworn to secrecy · personal transformation · robe · fraternity
- Guru Traditionsparampara, disciples, master, spiritual lineage, darshan
- adolescencepuberty, teenager, coming-of-age, growing up, teen
- ShrinersShriners, fez, potentate, nobles, fraternal order
initiation ceremonyfarewell ceremony
Event honoring departure
excommunication · retirement ceremony · dishonorable discharge · banishment · funeral rite
initiation ceremonydrop-in
Unscheduled brief visit
walk-in · open door policy · chance encounter · open admission · soft start
initiation ceremonyexpulsion
Forced permanent removal
excommunication · banishment · exile · blackballing · ostracism
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