INITIATORY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does initiatory mean? 

• INITIATORY (adjective)
  The adjective INITIATORY has 1 sense:

1. serving to set in motion

  Familiarity information: INITIATORY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INITIATORY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Serving to set in motion

Synonyms:

first; inaugural; initiative; initiatory; maiden

Context example:

the liner's maiden voyage

Similar:

opening (first or beginning)

Derivation:

initiate (bring into being)

 Context examples 

“We always, in this house, propose a month—an initiatory month. I should be happy, myself, to propose two months—three—an indefinite period, in fact—but I have a partner. Mr. Jorkins.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)