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adjective

Initiatory adj.

Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step.

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." "Two initiatory rites of the same general import can not exist together."

noun

Initiatory n. An introductory act or rite. (R.)

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Etymology of 'Initiatory'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Initiatory" Quotes from Famous Books

... primarily and predominantly, the more exact and rigorous relations of Phenomena; and the existence of an exact and definite point of departure in Thought and Being, more fundamental, from the Scientific or rigorously precise point of view, than that of Hegel, is the initiatory proposition ...

— The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 - Devoted To Literature And National Policy • Various

... is as to the right or wisdom of an unordained lady missionary to administer this initiatory rite to such women converts. This question, of course, will be largely decided in accordance with the ecclesiastical connection of those who consider it. There is a growing number of persons who believe that it would ...

— India's Problem Krishna or Christ • John P. Jones

... (Wa ba'ad), an initiatory formula attributed to Koss ibn Sa'idat al-Iyadi, bishop of Najran (the town in Al-Yaman which D'Herbelot calls Negiran) and a famous preacher in Mohammed's day, hence "more eloquent than Koss" (Maydani, Arab. Prov., 189). He was the first who addressed letters with the ...

— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton

... that he saw supernatural revelations. Again and again the form of an antelope appeared before him. The antelope is the graceful peace spirit of the Ogallalla; but seldom is it that such a gentle visitor presents itself during the initiatory fasts of their young men. The terrible grizzly bear, the divinity of war, usually appears to fire them with martial ardor and thirst for renown. At length the antelope spoke. He told the young dreamer that he was not to follow the path of war; that ...

— The Oregon Trail • Francis Parkman, Jr.

... haven't ever tried to invent an indoor historical game, don't. I've got the thing at last so it will work, I guess, but I don't want any more tasks of that kind. When I wrote you, I thought I had it; whereas I was only merely entering upon the initiatory difficulties of it. I might have known it wouldn't be an easy job, or somebody would have invented a decent historical game long ago—a thing which nobody had done. I think I've got it in pretty fair shape—so I ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

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