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Synonyms for initiatory
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ih-nish-ee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈnɪʃ i əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i |
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Définition of initiatory
Origin :- 1610s, from Latin initiat-, stem of initiare (see initiate (v.)) + -ory.
- adj beginning
- It becomes the initiatory word of an exclusive Rosicrucian order.
- Extract from : « Suspended Judgments » by John Cowper Powys
- Sacramentum was here the word for the initiatory rites 465of a grade.
- Extract from : « The Religious Experience of the Roman People » by W. Warde Fowler
- These tribes practise the Bora rites or initiatory mysteries.
- Extract from : « Magic and Religion » by Andrew Lang
- These were but initiatory to the great drama now commencing.
- Extract from : « History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume II (of 2) » by John William Draper
- It provided for a temporary Government, as initiatory to the formation of State Governments.
- Extract from : « Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford » by Benjamin C. Howard
- The ritual and initiatory ceremonies and obligations were never printed.
- Extract from : « Ku Klux Klan » by J. C. Lester
- Of their initiatory books they must have a pretty copious supply.
- Extract from : « Coelebs In Search of a Wife » by Hannah More
- There was also another reason for the repetition of the initiatory rites then.
- Extract from : « The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites » by Dudley Wright
- The woman, he observes, who resents not initiatory freedoms, must be lost.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Yet the woman who resents not initiatory freedoms must be lost.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
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