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initiatory

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

initiatory

/ ɪˈnɪʃɪˌətərɪ /

in·i·ti·a·to·ri·ly [ih-nish-ee-, uh, -, tawr, -, uh, -lee, -, tohr, -, ih-, nish, -ee-, uh, -tawr-, uh, -lee, -tohr-], adverb

First recorded in 1605–15; initiate + -ory ¹

The initiatory ceremony for full membership is now a mock duel in which the arm alone is wounded.

The duties assigned to young medical officers were unimportant—initiatory rather than definite in kind.

Mr. Howitt has viewed the initiatory ceremonies of more than one tribe, and is familiar with their inmost secrets.

Urging Virgin Luck not to quit his initiatory table, the captain reluctantly went at their heels.

Their very position, became thus the initiatory step in their assent to power.

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