initiatory rite

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The initiatory rite was essential to full participation in the Covenant.

From Supernatural Religion, Vol. III. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard

This further reference to the non-Mosaic initiatory rite of baptism is followed by a quotation of Ezekiel xlvii.

From The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion by Parsons, John Denham

Another problem in this connection is as to the right or wisdom of an unordained lady missionary to administer this initiatory rite to such women converts.

From India's Problem, Krishna or Christ by Jones, John P. (John Peter)

The difference is this: the "baptism" is received but once; it is, so to speak, the initiatory rite to the life of Pentecostal service, and fullness, and victory.

From The Spirit-Filled Life by MacNeil, John

Some time before his apprehension he had become a convert to Judaism, and had undergone the initiatory rite.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various