initiatory Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite serving to set in motion
initiative; inaugural; maiden; first.
- the magazine's inaugural issue
- the initiative phase in the negotiations
- an initiatory step toward a treaty
- his first (or maiden) speech in Congress
- the liner's maiden voyage
WordNet
In*i"ti*a*to*ry adjective
Definitions
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Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; Bp. Hall.as, an .initiatory step -
Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary. Some initiatory treatises in the law. Herbert.
Two initiatory rites of the same general import can not exist together. J. M. Mason.
In*i"ti*a*to*ry noun
Definitions
An introductory act or rite. R.
