initiatory
Example Sentences
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That initiatory dinner consisted of mashed potatoes and jellied cranberry sauce from the can, a dish he loved because its sweet-and-sour flavor tasted faintly of home.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2016
The different individuals of the clan inherit the protection of the clan totems at the initiatory rites, and thenceforth retain them as their protectors through life.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
The alteration of this initiatory principle produces corresponding modifications, and even total changes, in the character of the civilization.
From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
The Baptist, we know, enjoined stated fasts and taught his people to pray, and above all enforced the initiatory rite from which he drew his name.
From Pastor Pastorum by Rev. Henry Latham
The conversation continued for some short time longer, chiefly though on the part of the Billing couple; who took upon themselves the initiatory to enlighten their visitor upon all their family affairs and departed greatness.
From Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter by Colin Munro
