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initiant, a. and n. rare.|ɪˈnɪʃɪənt|
Also 8 erron. -ent.
[ad. L. initiānt-em, pr. pple. of initiāre to begin, initiate.]
A. adj. Beginning, incipient.
1737Bracken Farriery Impr. (1757) II. 46 Curing an initient Bone Spavin. Ibid. 257 The initient or beginning Cataract.
B. n. An instrument of initiation.
1871R. Ellis Catullus lxiii. 9 Taborine, the trump that hails thee, Cybele, thy initiant. |