Sentence:  To the <WSD>uninitiated</WSD>, the belief not merely in the influence of the dead, but in their actual presence during secret rites is, or has until lately been, very real, and in so far as the <WSD>uninitiated</WSD> are brought into relation with the societies will possess a religious character. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Of a person, not having the special knowledge of a particular group.