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.
© Webster 1913.
In*i"ti*a*to*ry, n.
An introductory act or rite.
[R.]
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