Home › Words › I › initiatoryinitiatoryinitiatory means of or pertaining to initiation.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, initiatory ranks #10,043 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Latin initiāt-, past participial stem of initiō, + -ory. By surface analysis, initiate + -ory.adjOf or pertaining to initiation.Inceptive, initial, inaugural or introductory.e.g.“some initiatory treatises in the law” — 1652, George Herbert, A Priest to the Temple:nounAn introductory act or rite.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.initiatorily 84% match — In an initiatory manner. vs initiatory →initiation 77% match — The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced. vs initiatory →initiative 72% match — Serving to initiate. vs initiatory →initiable 68% match — Able to be initiated vs initiatory →inauguratory 67% match — Inaugural; being the first instance. vs initiatory →uninitiation 64% match — The quality of being uninitiated. vs initiatory →liminary 63% match — Introductory or preparatory. vs initiatory →initialed 62% match — Having initials. vs initiatory →