Related Words for initiation rite

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initiatory
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Adjective, Adjective
ritualistic
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Adjective
initiate
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Verb
ritual
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Noun
ceremonial
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Adjective
ceremonies
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Noun
sacrificial
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Adjective
sacrifice
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Noun
initialization
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Noun
inaugurate
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Verb
activation
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Noun
baptism
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Noun
initiators
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Noun
introjection
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Noun
introduction
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Noun
commencement
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Noun
priesthood
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Noun
invocation
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Noun
preparation
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Noun
introductory
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Noun
induction
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Noun
inducted
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Verb
baptizing
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Noun
rites
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Noun
ordination
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Noun
embarkation
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Noun
preparatory
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Noun
matriculation
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Noun
incantation
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Noun
hazing
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Noun
execution
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Noun
traditions
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Noun
preliminaries
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Noun
instillation
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Noun
symbolic
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Adjective
symbolism
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Noun
inaugural
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Noun
inculcation
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Noun
enlistment
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Noun
entrance
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Noun
recruitment
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Noun
circumcision
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Noun
entrance examination
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Phrase, Noun
ceremonious
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Adjective
membership
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Noun
participation
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Noun
secret society
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Phrase, Noun
acquisition
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Noun
act
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Noun, Verb, Adverb
adoption
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Noun
advent
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Noun, Verb
anglican
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Adjective, Name
aperture
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Noun
arcing
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Noun
arousal
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Noun
ascension
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Noun
ascent
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Noun
assembling
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Noun
attempt
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Noun, Verb
bar mitzvah
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Phrase, Noun, Verb
bat mitzvah
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Phrase, Noun, Verb
began
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Verb
betrothal
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Noun
boot
/
Noun, Verb
burial
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Noun
call
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Verb, Noun
celibate
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
chaldean
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Adjective, Name
chants
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Name
chapeau
//
Noun
cleansing
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Noun, Adjective
closing
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Noun, Adjective
commence
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Verb
commissioning
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Noun
commitment
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Noun
consecration
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Noun
conversion
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Noun
coptic
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Name, Adjective
coronation
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Noun
creation
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Noun
cremation
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Noun
cult
/
Noun, Adjective
customs
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Noun
design
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Noun, Verb
dictation
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Noun
dispersal
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Noun
early
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
education
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Noun
elicitation
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Noun
emergence
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Noun
engage
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Verb
engagement
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Noun
enthronement
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Noun
entry
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Noun
episcopalian
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Name, Adjective
eruption
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Noun
espousal
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Noun
establishment
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Noun
eucharist
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Noun
exposure
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Noun
familiarization
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Noun
feast
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Noun, Verb
festival
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Noun, Adjective
firing
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Noun
first
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
form
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Noun, Verb
formative
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Adjective, Noun
foundation
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Noun
founding
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Noun, Adjective
fusing
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Noun
gateway
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Noun, Verb
gentile
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Noun, Adjective
grading
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Noun
graduation
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Noun
hire
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Verb, Noun
home
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
ignition
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Noun
implementation
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Noun
inauguration
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Noun
inception
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Noun
inclusiveness
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Noun
inflammation
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Noun
inhibition
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Noun
initiations
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Noun
initiative
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Noun, Adjective
installation
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Noun
instantiation
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Noun
instigation
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Noun
instituting
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Verb
institution
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Noun
interposition
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Noun
investiture
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Noun
kai
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Name
kickoff
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Noun
lancer
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Noun
landing
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Noun
last rites
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Phrase, Noun
launch
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Noun, Verb
law
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Noun, Verb
liberation
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Noun
liminal
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Adjective
literacy
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Noun
liturgies
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Noun
localizing
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Adjective
lutheran
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Name, Adjective
mainline
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
maronite
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Name, Adjective
marriage
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Noun
merit
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Noun, Verb
mise
x
Noun, Verb
mitzvah
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Noun
modification
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Noun
monitored
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Verb
morphogenetic
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Adjective
mounting
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Adjective, Noun
nestorian
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Adjective, Name
observances
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Noun
office
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Noun, Verb
onset
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Noun, Verb
open
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
operation
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Noun
operationalization
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Noun
ordinance
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Noun
orgy
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Noun
orientation
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Noun
orienting
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Adjective
origination
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Noun
orthodox
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Noun, Adjective
outbreak
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Noun, Verb
outset
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Noun, Verb
overture
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
passage
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
placing
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Noun
popish
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Adjective
primer
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Noun, Adjective
priming
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Noun
proliferative
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Adjective, Noun
realization
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Noun
recovery
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Noun
relaxation
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Noun
release
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Noun, Verb
replicative
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Adjective
rhyme
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Noun, Verb
rollout
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Noun
romish
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Adjective
sacrament
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Noun, Verb
seed
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Noun, Verb