"initiatory" meaning in English

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        "Of or pertaining to initiation"
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          "ref": "1652, George Herbert, A Priest to the Temple:",
          "text": "some initiatory treatises in the law",
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          "ref": "1815, John M. Mason, Essays on the Church of God:",
          "text": "Two initiatory rites of the same general import cannot exist together.",
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      "glosses": [
        "inceptive, initial, inaugural or introductory"
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          "inaugural",
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          "introductory",
          "introductory"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "načalen",
          "sense": "initial, inaugural",
          "word": "начален"
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          "sense": "initial, inaugural",
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          "sense": "initial, inaugural",
          "word": "iniciàtic"
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          "sense": "initial, inaugural",
          "word": "initiatique"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "initial, inaugural",
          "word": "initiatorisch"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "initial, inaugural",
          "word": "iniciativo"
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          "sense": "initial, inaugural",
          "word": "iniciático"
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "initial, inaugural",
          "word": "ynydol"
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        "An introductory act or rite."
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      "roman": "načalen",
      "sense": "initial, inaugural",
      "word": "начален"
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      "roman": "uvoden",
      "sense": "initial, inaugural",
      "word": "уводен"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "initial, inaugural",
      "word": "iniciàtic"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "initial, inaugural",
      "word": "initiatique"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "initial, inaugural",
      "word": "initiatorisch"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "initial, inaugural",
      "word": "iniciativo"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "initial, inaugural",
      "word": "iniciático"
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      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "initial, inaugural",
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