The Jewish worship had been symbolical, every person and thing, every colour, gesture, movement, having a meaning for the initiated.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
It was certainly a novelty to the author, and by no means palatable to one not initiated.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
Every 'companion' ought to have under his hand several revolutionists of the second or third degree, not entirely initiated.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae