All 8 Uses

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The Red Pyramid
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"Our initiates," Zia said, "learning to scry."
Chpt 13 *

initiates = potential new members
Are these the only initiates in the whole city?
Chpt 13
Initiates do our scrying because young minds are most receptive.
Chpt 13
A young initiate raced into the courtyard, looking panicked.
Chpt 16

initiate = potential new member
I got a floating cot to sleep in, and the other girls in training—initiates, Zia had called them—were much younger than me, so when the old dorm matron told them to go to sleep straightaway, they actually obeyed.†
Chpt 15
Initiates could study the path of Horus, or Isis, or Sekhmet, or any number of gods, learning to channel their powers.†
Chpt 15
We had many more initiates back then.†
Chpt 15
Besides, when initiates turn thirteen, they're assigned to other nomes around the world.†
Chpt 17

Definitions:

(1) (initiate as in: initiate discussions)
to cause (something) to begin
(2) (initiate as in: initiate into the art of drumming)
introduce to an activity or area of knowledge
(3) (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
(4) (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
(5) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)