1. The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or
introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature,
etc. "The initiation of courses of events." Pope.
2. The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any
society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite
of admission into a secret society or order.
Silence is the first thing that is taught us at our initiation into
sacred mysteries.
Broome.
In*i"ti*a*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. initiatif.] Serving to initiate;
inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.