חִינּוּךְ, חִנּ׳ m. (חָנַךְ) 1) finishing. Y. M. Kat. I, 80ᵈ top איזהו ח׳ קברים what finishing of tombs (is meant in the Mishn. ib. 6)? —2) inauguration. Men. 78ᵃ חִינּוּכוֹ his inauguration as a common priest, contrad. to המשחו his anointment as highpriest. Y. Shek. VI, 50ᵈ top חִינּוּכוֹ his (the highpriest’s) inauguration. —3) gradual introduction of children into religious practice, training. Yoma 82ᵃ אי זה ח׳ wherein does the child’s training (to fast on the Day of Atonement) consist?—Ib. ומי קרי לח׳ השלמה is fasting the entire day called initiation?—Naz. 29ᵃ ח׳ מדרבנן the training of minors for religious practices is a rabbinically ordained duty; a. e.