Initiatee

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who, or that which, is initiated.

    "The following ceremony is gone into at the time of initiation. When there is more than one initiatee, all should stand in a row facing the Holy Scripture. One of the five reciters then holds the Amrita. Two of them stand on his right and left, the forth stands behind the initiatees to dress their hair from back to the front, if necessary. The fifth pours five handsful, chullas, of Amrita into the buk (palms of both hands joined together in a hollow forming a sort of cup) of the initiatees who drink it at once."

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"The following ceremony is gone into at the time of initiation. When there is more than one initiatee, all should stand in a row facing the Holy Scripture. One of the five reciters then holds the Amrita. Two of them stand on his right and left, the forth stands behind the initiatees to dress their hair from back to the front, if necessary. The fifth pours five handsful, chullas, of Amrita into the buk (palms of both hands joined together in a hollow forming a sort of cup) of the initiatees who drink it at once."

Etymology

From initiate + -ee.

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