initiatory

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.
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