Preferred label
Initiation rites
Broader term
Rites & ceremonies
Related terms
Fraternities & sororities
Hazing
Youth
Scope note
For the rites, ceremonies, and associated ordeals and instructions, with which one is made a member of or gains particular status in a sect or society; includes ceremonies in which a youth is formally invested with adult status.
Change note
Formerly TGMI term.