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initiary, a. rare.|ɪˈnɪʃɪərɪ|
[f. L. initi-um beginning + -ary.]
Of or pertaining to a beginning; initial; introductory.
1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 298 This disease did not proceed beyond these initiary steps. 1885Bookseller 5 Mar. 240/1 The ‘Prologes’ to each book, and the initiary one, ‘W. T. to the Reader’, are all duly inserted. |