initiatory

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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

With the main channel streaming white a few hundred yards ahead I settled to the oars for the sharp initiatory test I knew awaited us there.

From Down the Yellowstone by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)

Indeed, mothers must take the initiatory step in giving to youthful impulse the right direction.

From Nature and Culture by Rice, Harvey

He saw that the initiatory steps, and very decided ones, must be taken on his part; and it was not easy to find the lady alone ten minutes together.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various

This is the first blow that was directed by Iren�us against Cerinthus, a leader among the Gnostics; but it is only initiatory to still heavier ones which are to follow.

From The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity by Reber, George