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initiatic

initiatic adjective: involving (religious, spiritual, etc) initiation (into something).

Adjective

initiatic

  1. Involving (religious, spiritual, etc) initiation (into something).
    • The staff of Osiris was the expression of this initiatic material.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 113
    • GETTING THERE OR NOT - THE FORTUNES OF THE INITIATIC JOURNEY AND THE CRISIS OF CULTURE
      As our title intimates, there is an essential connection between the notions of journeying and of spiritual quest.1993, Christine Arkinstall, Literature and Quest, Rodopi, →ISBN, page 17

Origin of initiatic

From initiate + -ic.

Questions about initiatic

What does initiatic mean?
Initiatic means involving (religious, spiritual, etc) initiation (into something).
What part of speech is initiatic?
Initiatic is an adjective.

Words near initiatic in the dictionary

  1. initiated
  2. initiatee
  3. initiatees
  4. initiates
  5. initiateth
  6. initiatic
  7. initiating
  8. initiation
  9. initiation ceremonies
  10. initiation ceremony
  11. initiation codon

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