uninitiate

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ initiate.

Noun

uninitiate (plural uninitiates)

  1. Synonym of noninitiate.
    • 1907, Alfred Cort Haddon, “The Religion of the Torres Straits Islanders”, in Anthropological Essays presented to E. B. Tylor:
      This mystery was too sacred to be imparted to uninitiates.
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