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.