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