Praise and adoration are perfective of our souls.
"The Grammar of English Grammars"
Goold Brown
They were held to contain perfective rites and appearances and the tradition of the sacred doctrines necessary to the perfection or accomplishment of the most splendid visions.
"The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites"
Dudley Wright
The perfective part, said Proclus, precedes initiation, as initiation precedes inspection.
"The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites"
Dudley Wright