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Webster 1913 Edition
Initiatory
In-i′ti-a-to-ry
,Adj.
1.
Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory;
as, an
. initiatory
stepBp. 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
,Noun.
An introductory act or rite.
[R.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Initiatory
INI'TIATORY
,Adj.
Two initiatory rites of the same general import cannot exist together.
INI'TIATORY
,Noun.