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

“I beg to express to your lordship”— “Sam!” said Mrs. Harris, interrupting him, “you have omitted the very pith and essence of initiatory greeting.”

From An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West by Rice, Alfred Ernest

This is the first blow that was directed by Iren�us against Cerinthus, a leader among the Gnostics; but it is only initiatory to still heavier ones which are to follow.

From The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity by Reber, George

During this initiatory part of the trial, and until nearly four o'clock, her majesty was attended by Lord Archibald Hamilton and his sister Lady Anne, who stood close to the queen all the time.

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne

The Stamp-Act, by which the experiment was now to be tried, being stripped of the odious machinery of collection, and operating indirectly, was a well contrived initiatory measure.

From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various