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Initiative :: Initiative (a.) Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.

Principiate :: Principiate (v. t.) To begin; to initiate.

Initiated :: Initiated (imp. & p. p.) of Initiat.

Mystery :: Mystery (a.) A kind of secret religious celebration, to which none were admitted except those who had been initiated by certain preparatory ceremonies; -- usually plural; as, the Eleusinian mysteries..

Initiatory :: Initiatory (a.) Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary..

Enter :: Enter (v. t.) To initiate; to introduce favorably.

Initiate :: Initiate (n.) One who is, or is to be, initiated..

Initiate :: Initiate (v. i.) To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.

Initiation :: Initiation (n.) The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc..

Initiate :: Initiate (a.) Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted..

Apostle :: Apostle (n.) The missionary who first plants the Christian faith in any part of the world; also, one who initiates any great moral reform, or first advocates any important belief; one who has extraordinary success as a missionary or reformer; as, Dionysius of Corinth is called the apostle of France, John Eliot the apostle to the Indians, Theobald Mathew the apostle of temperance..

Hierophant :: Hierophant (n.) The presiding priest who initiated candidates at the Eleusinian mysteries; hence, one who teaches the mysteries and duties of religion..

Flesh :: Flesh (v. t.) To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion; to initiate; -- from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first time..

Initiate :: Initiate (v. t.) To acquaint with the beginnings; to instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.

Initiate :: Initiate (v. t.) To introduce by a first act; to make a beginning with; to set afoot; to originate; to commence; to begin or enter upon.

Baptism :: Baptism (v. i.) The act of baptizing; the application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is initiated into the visible church of Christ. This is performed by immersion, sprinkling, or pouring..

Fleshed :: Fleshed (a.) Glutted; satiated; initiated.

Cryptonym :: Cryptonym (n.) A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the initiated.

Initiator :: Initiator (n.) One who initiates.

Affiliate :: Affiliate (v. t.) To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.; -- followed by to or with..

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