a. 1. Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary. [ 1913 Webster ]
Some initiatory treatises in the law. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]
Two initiatory rites of the same general import can not exist together. J. M. Mason. [ 1913 Webster ]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Initiatory \In*i"ti*a*to*ry\, a.
1. Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory;
prefatory; as, an initiatory step. --Bp. Hall.
[1913 Webster]
2. Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by
instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or
ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary.
[1913 Webster]
Some initiatory treatises in the law. --Herbert.
[1913 Webster]
Two initiatory rites of the same general import can
not exist together. --J. M. Mason.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Initiatory \In*i"ti*a*to*ry\, n.
An introductory act or rite. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
initiatory
adj 1: serving to set in motion; "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" [syn:
{inaugural}, {initiative}, {initiatory}, {first},
{maiden}]
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