So let me tell you exactly what happens in the Latter-day Saint initiatory ordinance. This ordinance has washing, anointing, clothing, and naming ceremonies that consecrate and coronate you to become a queen and a priestess in the new and everlasting covenant. I find it profoundly moving. . Technically the initiatory is the first part of the larger endowment ordinance, as it prepares you to receive the knowledge and priesthood of the endowment, but it’s also a rite all on its own. . As the name