Hypertext Webster Gateway: "initiatory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Initiatory \In*i"ti*a*to*ry\, a.
1. Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory;
prefatory; as, an initiatory step. --Bp. Hall.
2. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Initiatory \In*i"ti*a*to*ry\, n.
An introductory act or rite. [R.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
initiatory
adj : 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}, {first}, {maiden}]
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