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initiatory

[ih-nish-ee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

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adjective

introductory; initial: an initiatory step toward a treaty.

serving to initiate or admit into a society, club, etc.

Origin:
1605–15; initiate + -ory¹

Related forms

in·i·ti·a·to·ri·ly

[ih-nish-ee-uh-tawr-uh-lee, -tohr-; ih-nish-ee-uh-tawr-uh-lee, -tohr-] , adverb

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opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.

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initiatory (ɪˈnɪʃɪˌətərɪ)

—*adj*
	of or concerning initiation or serving to initiate; initiative

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