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Definitions for: 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"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
In*i"ti*a*to*ry, n.
An introductory act or rite. [R.]
Synonyms: first, inaugural, initiative, maiden, opening
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