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)

Simultaneously with the early subjugation of the country, the political, educational, commercial and social initiatory movements were made of whose present development the people of Puget Sound may well be proud.

From Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound by Denny, Emily Inez

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 Latham, Rev. Henry

There are no special initiatory rites for the youthful Fanti, only a short seclusion for girls when they reach the marriageable age.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various