Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step. Bp. Hall.
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.
An introductory act or rite. [R.]
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