initiatory

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English

Adjective

initiatory (comparative more initiatory, superlative most initiatory)

  1. Of or pertaining to initiation
  2. inceptive, initial, inaugural or introductory
    • 1652, George Herbert, A Priest to the Temple
      some initiatory treatises in the law
    • 1815, John M. Mason, Essays on the Church of God
      Two initiatory rites of the same general import cannot exist together.

Translations

Noun

initiatory (plural initiatories)

  1. An introductory act or rite.