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initiatory

ADJ ริเริ่ม เริ่มต้น ซึ่ง เป็น ขั้นแรก introductory fundamental primary secondary ri-roem

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INITIATORY

a.Initiating or serving to initiate; introducing by instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or ceremonies. Two initiatory rites of the same general import cannot exist together.

INITIATORY

n.[supra. ] Introductory rite.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INITIATORY

INITIATORY In *i "ti *a *to *ry, a.

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.

INITIATORY

INITIATORY In *i "ti *a *to *ry, n.

Defn: An introductory act or rite. [R.]