'Initiatory' definitions:
Definition of 'initiatory'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maiden]
Definition of 'Initiatory'
From: GCIDE
- Initiatory \In*i"ti*a*to*ry\, a.
- 1. Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary. [1913 Webster]
- Some initiatory treatises in the law. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
- Two initiatory rites of the same general import can not exist together. --J. M. Mason. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Initiatory'
From: GCIDE
- Initiatory \In*i"ti*a*to*ry\, n. An introductory act or rite. [R.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'initiatory'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abecedarian,
- aboriginal,
- antecedent,
- antenatal,
- anterior,
- autochthonous,
- autodidactic,
- baptismal,
- beginning,
- budding,
- chief,
- coeducational,
- creative,
- cultural,
- didactic,
- disciplinary,
- edifying,
- educating,
- educational,
- educative,
- elemental,
- elementary,
- embryonic,
- enlightening,
- exhortatory,
- exordial,
- fetal,
- first,
- foremost,
- formative,
- foundational,
- fundamental,
- gestatory,
- headmost,
- homiletic,
- hortatory,
- illuminating,
- in embryo,
- in its infancy,
- in the bud,
- inaugural,
- inceptive,
- inchoate,
- inchoative,
- incipient,
- incunabular,
- infant,
- infantile,
- informative,
- initial,
- initiative,
- instructive,
- introductive,
- introductory,
- inventive,
- leading,
- lecturing,
- nascent,
- natal,
- original,
- parturient,
- postnatal,
- preaching,
- precedent,
- preceding,
- preceptive,
- precessional,
- precursory,
- prefatory,
- pregnant,
- preliminary,
- preludial,
- prelusive,
- prenatal,
- preparatory,
- prevenient,
- primal,
- primary,
- prime,
- primeval,
- primitive,
- primogenial,
- prior,
- procreative,
- proemial,
- propaedeutic,
- rudimental,
- rudimentary,
- self-teaching,
- teaching,
- tuitionary,
- ur