initiatory
Americanadjective
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introductory; initial.
an initiatory step toward a treaty.
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serving to initiate or admit into a society, club, etc.
adjective
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That initiatory dinner consisted of mashed potatoes and jellied cranberry sauce from the can, a dish he loved because its sweet-and-sour flavor tasted faintly of home.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2016
Many whose names are now prominent in histrionic art took the initiatory steps in their career under Mr. Drake’s regime here.
From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Ben Casseday
Perceiving that a young squire is receiving an initiatory lesson into the art of driving; or that a jibbing horse, or a race with an opposition coach, is endangering your existence.
From The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper
As I looked over the book I discovered that with the exception of a few initiatory chapters, it was simply a copy of Mrs. Wister's work.
From Recollections of a Varied Life by George Cary Eggleston
The Baptist, we know, enjoined stated fasts and taught his people to pray, and above all enforced the initiatory rite from which he drew his name.
From Pastor Pastorum by Rev. Henry Latham
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