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
Example sentences :
  • 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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