All 50 Uses of
initiate
in
The Lost Symbol
- The thirty-four-year-old initiate gazed down at the human skull cradled in his palms.
Chpt Pro. (definition 1) *initiate = a new member or an organization
- Many of these men held powerful stations in life, and yet the initiate knew their worldly ranks meant nothing within these walls.†
Chpt Pro. (definition 3)
- As he surveyed the daunting assembly, the initiate wondered who on the outside would ever believe that this collection of men would assemble in one place …. much less this place.†
Chpt Pro. (definition 3)
- The initiate had been told every room in this building held a secret, and yet he knew no room held deeper secrets than the gigantic chamber in which he was currently kneeling with a skull cradled in his palms.†
Chpt Pro. (definition 3)
- The secret is how to die, the initiate reminded himself.†
Chpt Pro. (definition 3)
- The initiate let his gaze climb the distinguished white-robed figure standing before him.†
Chpt Pro. (definition 3)
- The initiate's journey, like all such journeys, had begun at the first degree.†
Chpt Pro. (definition 3)
- "I do," the initiate had lied.†
Chpt Pro. (definition 3)
- At the time, the initiate had felt no fear.†
Chpt Pro. (definition 3)
- "Brother," the gray-eyed master said, placing his left hand on the initiate's shoulder.†
Chpt Pro. (definition 3)
- Steeling himself for the last step of his journey, the initiate shifted his muscular frame and turned his attention back to the skull cradled in his palms.†
Chpt Pro. (definition 3)
- Steadying his hands, the initiate raised the skull to his mouth and felt his lips touch the dry bone.†
Chpt Pro. (definition 3)
- The initiate exhaled, smiling inwardly as he gazed up at the unsuspecting gray-eyed man who had foolishly admitted him into this brotherhood's most secretive ranks.†
Chpt Pro. (definition 3)
- My initiation served its purpose.
Chpt 1-2 (definition 2)initiation = the process of accepting someone's membership though a special procedure such as a ceremony and/or period of instruction and/or test
- The hand of the master extended to the initiate.†
Chpt 13-14 (definition 3)
- The enlightened Adepts who possessed this knowledge vowed to keep it veiled from the masses because it was considered far too potent and dangerous for the uninitiated.†
Chpt 19-20 (definition 3)
- As an academic, Langdon could not deny the historical record of these traditions—troves of documents, artifacts, and artwork that, indeed, clearly suggested the ancients had a powerful wisdom that they shared only through allegory, myths, and symbols, ensuring that only those properly initiated could access its power.
Chpt 19-20 (definition 2)initiated = accepted someone's membership though a special procedure such as a ceremony and/or period of instruction and/or test
- Langdon had great respect for Masonic philosophy and symbolism, and yet he had decided never to be initiated; the order's vows of secrecy would prevent him from discussing Freemasonry with his students.
Chpt 23-24 (definition 2)
- It was the same moon that had shone down on Mal'akh through the oculus of the House of the Temple three months ago during his initiation.
Chpt 25-26 (definition 2)initiation = the process of accepting someone's membership though a special procedure such as a ceremony and/or period of instruction and/or test
- His initiation had served its purpose.
Chpt 29-30 (definition 2)
- They knew that if this secret knowledge were to fall into uninitiated hands, the results could be devastating; as we said earlier, powerful tools can be used either for good or for evil.†
Chpt 29-30 (definition 3)
- Inside these brotherhoods, they shared their wisdom only with the properly initiated, passing the wisdom from sage to sage.
Chpt 29-30 (definition 2)initiated = accepted someone's membership though a special procedure such as a ceremony and/or period of instruction and/or test
- There exist certain Masonic realities that you will perceive as myth because you are not properly initiated and prepared to understand them.
Chpt 49-50 (definition 2)
- Believe me, he is a walking time bomb … capable of initiating a series of events that will profoundly change the world as you know it.
Chpt 73-74 (definition 3) *initiating = starting
- They built great temples of initiation to which neophytes traveled from around the world to partake of the wisdom.
Chpt 95-96 (definition 2)initiation = the process of accepting someone's membership though a special procedure such as a ceremony and/or period of instruction and/or test
- He reached out and typed the access code that he had been given after his initiation to the thirty-third degree.
Chpt 113-114 (definition 2)
- The Temple Room was the same place in which Peter Solomon and his brethren had so foolishly initiated Mal'akh as one of their own.
Chpt 115-116 (definition 2)initiated = accepted someone's membership though a special procedure such as a ceremony and/or period of instruction and/or test
- He endured all the initiations.
Chpt 115-116 (definition 2)initiations = acts of accepting people's membership though a special procedure such as a ceremony and/or period of instruction and/or test
- Every Masonic initiate learned of the symbolic staircase that he could ascend, enabling him "to participate in the mysteries of human science."†
Chpt 115-116 (definition 3)
- A Masonic initiate …. preparing to enter the first degree.†
Chpt 117-118 (definition 3)
- Filming in the erratic style of an amateur home video, the camera now panned up to the periphery of the room to reveal a small group of men observing the initiate.†
Chpt 117-118 (definition 3)
- And it was at lodges like this one that a Masonic initiate's journey always began …. where he underwent the first three degrees of Freemasonry.†
Chpt 117-118 (definition 3)
- Pressing a shining dagger to the initiate's bare chest …. threatening impalement should the initiate "inappropriately reveal the Mysteries of Masonry" …. describing the black-and-white floor as representing "the living and the dead" …. outlining punishments that included "having one's throat cut across, one's tongue torn out by its roots, and one's body buried in the rough sands of the sea …." Langdon stared.†
Chpt 117-118 (definition 3)
- Pressing a shining dagger to the initiate's bare chest …. threatening impalement should the initiate "inappropriately reveal the Mysteries of Masonry" …. describing the black-and-white floor as representing "the living and the dead" …. outlining punishments that included "having one's throat cut across, one's tongue torn out by its roots, and one's body buried in the rough sands of the sea …." Langdon stared.†
Chpt 117-118 (definition 3)
- Masonic initiation rites had remained shrouded in secrecy for centuries.
Chpt 117-118 (definition 2) *initiation = the process of formally accepting someone as a member of a group
- Langdon had read those accounts, of course, and yet to see an initiation with his own eyes …. this was a much different story.
Chpt 117-118 (definition 2)initiation = the process of accepting someone's membership though a special procedure such as a ceremony and/or period of instruction and/or test
- Langdon could already tell that the video was an unfair piece of propaganda, omitting all the noblest aspects of the initiation and highlighting only the most disconcerting.
Chpt 117-118 (definition 2)
- This was the death ritual—the most rigorous of all the degrees—the moment in which the initiate was forced "to face the final challenge of personal extinction."†
Chpt 117-118 (definition 3)
- In violent, rapid intercuts, the video displayed a chilling, victim's point-of-view account of the initiate's brutal murder.†
Chpt 117-118 (definition 3)
- After the deathblow, the initiate—now "dead to his former self"—was lowered into his symbolic coffin, where his eyes were shut and his arms were crossed like those of a corpse.†
Chpt 117-118 (definition 3)
- One of the men peering down at the initiate in his coffin was on television almost daily.†
Chpt 117-118 (definition 3)
- A neophyte entering the pyramid of initiation.
Chpt 117-118 (definition 2)initiation = the process of accepting someone's membership though a special procedure such as a ceremony and/or period of instruction and/or test
- The famed caput mortuum was being offered forth to the initiate by the slender hands of Peter Solomon, whose gold Masonic ring glinted in the candlelight.†
Chpt 117-118 (definition 3)
- The initiate took the skull in his hands …. his face reflected in the calm surface of the wine.†
Chpt 117-118 (definition 3)
- Obviously, this initiate had intended to violate his oath beyond all imagination.†
Chpt 117-118 (definition 3)
- Masonic initiations were startling because they were meant to be transformative.
Chpt 117-118 (definition 2)initiations = acts of accepting people's membership though a special procedure such as a ceremony and/or period of instruction and/or test
- God help us …. On-screen now, the initiate was raising the skull to his lips.†
Chpt 117-118 (definition 3)
- Standing now in this initiation chamber atop the great pyramid of Heredom, Mal'akh gazed upon the treasure he had sought all these years, and he knew he could not have prepared himself more perfectly.
Chpt 117-118 (definition 2)initiation = the process of accepting someone's membership though a special procedure such as a ceremony and/or period of instruction and/or test
- For some reason, the gentle touch of his father's hand felt like it was burning through him like a potent catalyst that was initiating a chemical reaction inside Mal'akh's body.
Chpt 121-122 (definition 3)initiating = starting
- As he unfolded it, he realized he was holding a Masonic hoodwink—the traditional blindfold of a first-degree initiate.†
Chpt 125-126 (definition 3)
Definitions:
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(1) (initiate as in: She is a new initiate.) someone who has formally started in an organization, or been introduced to or attained some expertise in a particular field
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(2) (initiate as in: initiate into the fraternity) to accept someone's membership into an organization -- typically in a ceremony -- sometimes including a period of instruction and/or test
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(3) (initiate as in: initiate discussions) to cause (something) to begin