Definitions for initiates

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initiates in·i·ti·ate

Spelling: [verb ih-nish-ee-eyt; adjective, noun ih-nish-ee-

IPA: /verb ɪˈnɪʃ iˌeɪt; adjective, noun ɪˈnɪʃ i ɪt, -ˌeɪt/

Initiates is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 230 anagrams from letters in initiates (aeiiinstt).

Definitions for initiates

noun

1. a person who has been initiated.

adjective

1. initiated; begun.
2. admitted into an organizaton or group, secret knowledge, etc.
3. introduced to the knowledge of a subject.

verb (used with object)

1. to begin, set going, or originate:
2. to introduce into the knowledge of some art or subject.
3. to admit or accept with formal rites into an organization or group, secret knowledge, adult society, etc.
4. to propose (a measure) by initiative procedure:

Origin of initiates

1595-1605; Latin initiātus past participle of initiāre, equivalent to initi(um) (see initial) + -ātus -ate

Examples for initiates

The idea that January 1st initiates a period of new beginning is not a flash of Hallmark brilliance.

In the first instance it was the transfer of a great Lodge of initiates.

It is thus that the initiates describe the effect of the Mysteries upon them.

It is the hidden wisdom of the initiates; the alchemical mysteries of the Ancients.

At last he accorded his sympathy to her also, and admitted her to the circle of the initiates.

In 1983, Gaddafi initiates work on the Great Manmade River, a network of wells and pipelines for water.

There must have been literally hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of initiates, across the millennium of classical history.

This is true of the sacred feasts attended by the initiates.

In secularities it is always Evu who initiates, and Tara admiringly follows.

Its sole connection with Masonry is that it only initiates Masons.