initiatory

English

Adjective

initiatory (comparative more initiatory, superlative most initiatory)

1. Of or pertaining to initiation
2. inceptive, initial, inaugural or introductory
   • 1652, George Herbert, A Priest to the Temple:

     some initiatory treatises in the law

   • 1815, John M. Mason, Essays on the Church of God:

     Two initiatory rites of the same general import cannot exist together.

Translations

initial, inaugural

• Bulgarian: начален (bg) (načalen), уводен (bg) (uvoden)
• Catalan: iniciàtic
• French: initiatique (fr)
• German: initiatorisch
• Spanish: iniciativo, iniciático
• Welsh: ynydol

Noun

initiatory (plural initiatories)

1. An introductory act or rite.