Initiational
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Relating to or involving initiation (into a religious group, spiritual status, etc).
"[...] the hero reaches his goal not in the realm of reason but in the vision of God and the mystical union with the highest being (without, however, forswearing the use of his rational faculty), one could perhaps rather call it an initiational tale."
Example
More examples"[...] the hero reaches his goal not in the realm of reason but in the vision of God and the mystical union with the highest being (without, however, forswearing the use of his rational faculty), one could perhaps rather call it an initiational tale."
Etymology
From initiation + -al.
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