initiation ritual

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• Initiation — bezeichnet die Einführung eines Außenstehenden (eines Anwärters) in eine Gemeinschaft oder seinen Aufstieg in einen anderen persönlichen Seinszustand, beispielsweise vom Kind zum Erwachsenen, von der Novizin zur Nonne oder vom Laien zum Schamanen …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• ritual — ritually, adv. /rich ooh euhl/, n. 1. an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite. 2. a system or collection of religious or other rites. 3. observance of set forms in public worship. 4. a book of rites or ceremonies. 5.… …   Universalium

• Initiation — otherusesInitiation is a rite of passage ceremony marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society. It could also be a formal admission to adulthood in a community or one of its formal components. In an extended sense it can also signify a… …   Wikipedia

• Initiation — Einweihung; Aufnahme * * * In|i|ti|a|ti|on 〈[ tsja ] f. 20〉 1. Einweihung 2. Aufnahme in einen Geheimbund 3. 〈bei traditionellen Völkern〉 bei Eintritt in die Pubertät erfolgende feierl. Aufnahme der Jungen, bei manchen Völkern auch der Mädchen,… …   Universal-Lexikon

• Ritual — For other uses, see Ritual (disambiguation). Part of the ceremony of the Changing of the Guard in Whitehall, London. A ritual is a set of actions, performed mainly for their symbolic value. It may be prescribed by a religion or by the traditions… …   Wikipedia

• Initiation in Hinduism — There is essentially no Initiation ceremony in Hinduism. The nearest one is the coming of age ceremony. In Hinduism young male members of the Brahmin and Kshatriya caste may perform a coming of age ceremony, however as the caste system has been… …   Wikipedia

• ritual — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ ancient, primitive ▪ traditional ▪ daily, nightly ▪ Sunday, etc …   Collocations dictionary

• initiation — i|ni|ti|a|tion [ıˌnıʃiˈeıʃən] n [U and C] 1.) the process of officially introducing someone into a club or group, or of introducing a young person to adult life, often with a special ceremony ▪ The club has an initiation ceremony for new members …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• initiation — noun INITIATION + NOUN ▪ ceremony, rite, ritual ▪ an initiation ceremony for new members of the organization ▪ process ▪ phase, stage …   Collocations dictionary

• ritual bath — a mikvah. * * *       religious or magic ceremony involving the use of water to immerse or anoint a subject s body. The many forms of Baptism (q.v.), ranging from total submersion to a symbolic sprinkling, indicate how certain ritual baths can… …   Universalium

• initiation — initiate ► VERB 1) cause (a process or action) to begin. 2) admit with formal ceremony or ritual into a society or group. 3) (initiate into) introduce to (a new activity or skill). ► NOUN ▪ a person who has been initiated. DERIVATIVES initiat …   English terms dictionary