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Initiatory

Initiatory Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Initiatory: first \| inaugural \| initiative \| maiden \| opening Related Terms \| Find terms related to Initiatory: abecedarian \| aboriginal \| antecedent \| antenatal \| anterior \| autochthonous \| autodidactic \| baptismal \| beginning \| budding \| chief \| coeducational \| creative \| cultural \| didactic \| disciplinary \| edifying \| educating \| educational \| educative \| elemental \| elementary \| embryonic \| enlightening \| exhortatory \| exordial \| fetal \| first \| foremost \| formative \| foundational \| fundamental \| gestatory \| headmost \| homiletic \| hortatory \| illuminating \| in embryo \| in its infancy \| in the bud \| inaugural \| inceptive \| inchoate \| inchoative \| incipient \| incunabular \| infant \| infantile \| informative \| initial \| initiative \| instructive \| introductive \| introductory \| inventive \| leading \| lecturing \| nascent \| natal \| original \| parturient \| postnatal \| preaching \| precedent \| preceding \| preceptive \| precessional \| precursory \| prefatory \| pregnant \| preliminary \| preludial \| prelusive \| prenatal \| preparatory \| prevenient \| primal \| primary \| prime \| primeval \| primitive \| primogenial \| prior \| procreative \| proemial \| propaedeutic \| rudimental \| rudimentary \| self-teaching \| teaching \| tuitionary \| ur See Also \| Initiatory In Webster's Dictionary \Ini"tiatory\, 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. \Ini"tiatory\, n. An introductory act or rite. [R.]

Initiatory Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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"

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Initiatory In Webster's Dictionary

\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.]

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