initiatory

1. a. Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step. Source: opted

2. a. Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary. Source: opted

3. n. An introductory act or rite. Source: opted

4. adj. serving to set in motion Source: wordnet

5. 1. Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step. Bp. Hall. 2. 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.] Source: webster

6. An introductory act or rite. [R.] Source: adambom

7. j:100 s serving to set in motion Source: ecdict

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