initiatory

initiatory
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Initiatory — In*i ti*a*to*ry, n. An introductory act or rite. [R.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • initiatory — index elementary, incipient, initial, original (initial), precursory, preliminary, preparatory, prev …   Law dictionary

  • initiatory — 1610s, from L. initiat , stem of initiare (see INITIATE (Cf. initiate) (v.)) + ORY (Cf. ory) …   Etymology dictionary

  • initiatory — [i nish′ē ə tôr ē, i nish′əə tôr ē] adj. 1. beginning; introductory; initial 2. of or used in an initiation …   English World dictionary

  • initiatory — adjective Date: circa 1615 1. constituting a beginning < initiatory proceedings > 2. tending or serving to initiate < initiatory rites > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • initiatory — initiatorily /i nish ee euh tawr euh lee, tohr ; i nish ee euh tawr euh lee, tohr /, adv. /i nish ee euh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. 1. introductory; initial: an initiatory step toward a treaty. 2. serving to initiate or admit into a society, club,… …   Universalium

  • initiatory — /ɪˈnɪʃiətri/ (say i nisheeuhtree), / təri/ (say tuhree) adjective 1. introductory; initial: an initiatory step. 2. serving to initiate or admit into a society, etc. –initiatorily, adverb …  

  • initiatory — initiate ► VERB 1) cause (a process or action) to begin. 2) admit with formal ceremony or ritual into a society or group. 3) (initiate into) introduce to (a new activity or skill). ► NOUN ▪ a person who has been initiated. DERIVATIVES initiat …   English terms dictionary

  • initiatory — 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, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • initiatory — adjective a) Of or pertaining to initiation b) inceptive, initial, inaugural or introductory …   Wiktionary

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