initiate
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6.9
- noun
- /ɪˈnɪʃiˌeɪt/
:
iniciado
- The day after the surgery, all the initiates must dance before the village.
- mother of initiates
- male initiate
- female initiates
It's designed to invite its own initiates.
- It's designed to invite its own initiates.
- And there was a kind of invisible Rosicrucian College, which was the joining together of these initiates.
- But to go on this path as sort of an initiate to some goal in the future is also to deny yourself the possible reality now.
- And then basically the initiate would learn through mathematics and geometry to format the mind to be able to see all of these stages.
- There's a purple cross on the bottom of that where they give the medicine drizzles out in those initiates.
- Mostly we are barely initiates into these or any other mysteries, even the most blissful and fortunate bodies good as short term rentals.
Examples
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At dawn, the women prepare the initiate for her presentation to the village.
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You haven't met our new initiate, have you?
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At dawn, the women prepare the initiate for her presentation to the village.
Academic text (1998) -
You haven't met our new initiate, have you?
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At sunset, the teacher moves the initiate inside to begin her period of seclusion.
Academic text (1998) -
The mood in the community is serious, and the initiates and their mothers follow severe restrictions.
Academic text (1998) -
And I believe you've already met some of our other initiates.
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Finally, coming-out ceremonies reintegrate the initiates, now regarded as young men, into the village.
Academic text (1998) -
The final initiates will be chosen after the ceremony.
Synonyms
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1.6
A person who has recently arrived in a place, joined a group, or started an activity
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1.0
A person who has just started to learn or do something
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3.4
A person new to an activity who has little experience
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9.6
A person who is new to an activity or subject
A person who is new to a group or activity
A person who is new to a job or activity
How New
Surface Forms
Etymology
Initiate as a noun comes from the same Latin root initium 'beginning' and was used for people who had just begun their life in a group. So an initiate is a newcomer who has been formally brought into a group.