Maiden vs Initiatory - What's the difference?
maiden | initiatory | Synonyms |
A girl or an unmarried young woman.
A female virgin.
:
A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention.
*:
*:As for that said sire Bors I wille be shryuen with a good wylle / Soo syr Bors was confessyd / and for al wymmen sir Bors was a vyrgyne / sauf for one / that was the doughter of kynge Brangorys / and on her he gat a child that hyghte Elayne / and sauf for her syre Bors was a clene mayden
A maidservant.
An unmarried woman, especially an older woman.
A racehorse without any victory ('virgin record').
(label) A Scottish counterpart of the guillotine.
:(Wharton)
(label) A maiden over.
(label) A machine for washing linen.
(label)
Virgin.
* Thackeray
Without offspring.
Like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden.
* Shakespeare
(figuratively) Being a first occurrence or event.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=May 13
, author=Andrew Benson
, title=Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win
, work=BBC Sport
(cricket) Being an over in which no runs are scored.
Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
* Shakespeare
* Shakespeare
Of a fortress, never having been captured or violated.
Of or pertaining to initiation
inceptive, initial, inaugural or introductory
* Herbert
* J. M. Mason
An introductory act or rite.
Maiden is a synonym of initiatory.
As nouns the difference between maiden and initiatory
is that maiden is morning while initiatory is an introductory act or rite.As an adjective initiatory is
of or pertaining to initiation.maiden
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* maidenhair * maidenhead * maidenhood * maidenly, maidenliness * maiden flight * maiden voyage * maiden name * maiden of honor * iron maidenSynonyms
* bacheloretteAdjective
(-)- a surprising old maiden lady
- Have you no modesty, no maiden shame?
- The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage .
- After Edmund Burke's maiden speech, William Pitt the Elder said Burke had "spoken in such a manner as to stop the mouths of all Europe" and that the Commons should congratulate itself on acquiring such a member.
citation, page= , passage=Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado took his maiden victory and Williams's first since 2004 in a strategic battle with Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.}}
- maiden flowers
- Full bravely hast thou fleshed / Thy maiden sword.
- (Macaulay)
Synonyms
* (l)Anagrams
* English adjectives ending in -en ----initiatory
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Some initiatory treatises in the law.
- Two initiatory rites of the same general import cannot exist together.