Initiatory /(?)/
In·i·ti·a·to·ry
Initiatory
a.
- Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step.
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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.
Two initiatory rites of the same general import can not exist together.
Initiatory
n.
- An introductory act or rite. [R.]