initiation

IPA: ɪnɪʃiˈeɪʃʌn

The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.
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.
(chemistry) The first step of transcription or of transduction.

Examples of "initiation" in Sentences

Sixth is the name initiation, analogous to the naming of the child.
The analogy was only partial: for boys the term applied to them while they were involved in initiation ceremonies and not after the * mlao ceremonies.
I here use the word initiation because I have no doubt that Virgil had in his mind when writing it the Greek idea of initiation into mysteries preparatory to a new life.
The most exalted initiation is also called "the fourth initiation" or "the word initiation" The previous great wisdom-gnosis initiation empowers the disciple to achieve the eleventh bodhisattva stage.