Webster's English Dictionary

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initiation

ini.ti.a.tion \in-.ish-e--'a--sh*n\ n 1a: the act or an instance of 
   initiating  1b: the process of being initiated  1c: the rites, ceremonies, 
   ordeals, or instructions with which one is made  a member of a sect or 
   society or is invested with a particular function or status 2: the 
   condition of being an initiate : KNOWLEDGEABLENESS