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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. serving to set in motion;
- Example: "the magazine's inaugural issue"
- Example: "the initiative phase in the negotiations"
- Example: "an initiatory step toward a treaty"
- Example: "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"
- Example: "the liner's maiden voyage"
[syn: inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maiden]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Initiatory \In*i"ti*a*to*ry\, a.
   1. Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory;
      prefatory; as, an initiatory step. --Bp. Hall.
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   2. Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by
      instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or
      ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary.
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            Some initiatory treatises in the law. --Herbert.
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            Two initiatory rites of the same general import can
            not exist together.                   --J. M. Mason.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Initiatory \In*i"ti*a*to*ry\, n.
   An introductory act or rite. [R.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

initiatory
    adj 1: 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]