Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Initiation

Initiation , noun

[Latin initiatio: compare French initiation.]

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