initiatory

initiatory

English

Adjective

initiatory (comparative more initiatory, superlative most initiatory)

1. Of or pertaining to initiation
2. inceptive, initial, inaugural or introductory
   • 1652, George Herbert, A Priest to the Temple

     some initiatory treatises in the law

   • 1815, John M. Mason, Essays on the Church of God

     Two initiatory rites of the same general import cannot exist together.

Translations

initial, inaugural

Bulgarian: начален (bg) (načalen), уводен (bg) (uvoden) French: initiatique (fr) Spanish: iniciativo, iniciático

Noun

initiatory (plural initiatories)

1. An introductory act or rite.