Definition of Initiatory

1. Adjective. Serving to set in motion. "The liner's maiden voyage"

Exact synonyms: First, Inaugural, Initiative, Maiden
Similar to: Opening
Derivative terms: Initiate, Initiate, Initiate

Definition of Initiatory

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

2. n. An introductory act or rite.

Definition of Initiatory

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to initiation ¹

2. Adjective. inceptive, initial, inaugural or introductory ¹

3. Noun. An introductory act or rite. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Initiatory

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Initiatory

initiating codon
initiation
initiation ceremonies
initiation ceremony
initiation codon
initiation complex
initiation factor
initiation factors
initiation tRNA
initiations
initiative
initiatives
initiator
initiatories
initiators
initiatory (current term)
initing
inition
initis
inits
inject
injectability
injectable
injectables
injectant
injectants
injectate
injectates
injected
injecter

Literary usage of Initiatory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Infant Baptism: Together with Mr. Gale's Reflections, and Dr by William Wall, John Gale (1844)
"... and does not speak of an initiatory baptism—The Scripture makes no mention of any initiatory' baptism in use among the Jews—Exod. xlx. ..."

2. Dog Breaking: The Most Expeditious, Certain, and Easy Method, Whether Great by William Nelson Hutchinson (1882)
"—49 initiatory Lessons indoors with a Companion- when one "drops" the other to " drop. ... initiatory Lessons with a Companion in the Fields.—52. ..."

3. Theological Institutes: Or, A View of the Evidences, Doctrines, Morals, and by Richard Watson (1851)
"A farther proof that baptism has precisely the same federal and initiatory character as circumcision, and that it was instituted for the same ends, ..."

4. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 by United States President (1896)
"PROCEEDINGS initiatory TO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION. [From the Washington Papers ... initiatory ..."

5. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"... in the House of Lords —I am not prepared; and in this situation the non-preparation has the effect of the king's negative. § 2. initiatory application ..."

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