initiatory : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: initiatory	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for initiatory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
initiatory adj serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage" Synonym(s): inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maiden
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Initiatory \Ini"tiatory\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Initiatory \Ini"tiatory\, n. An introductory act or rite. [R.]