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/ɪnˌɔgjərˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Inauguration n.

The act of inuagurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies. "At his regal inauguration, his old father resigned the kingdom to him."

The formal beginning or initiation of any movement, course of action, etc.; as, the inauguration of a new system, a new condition, etc.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... the house became doubly famous, for it was during the building of the parsonage, Pastor Morse's proper home, that his little son came to gladden his life. Reverend Jedediah Morse became minister of the First Parish Church on April 30, 1789, the very date of Washington's inauguration in New York as President of the United States, and two weeks later married a daughter of Judge Samuel Breese, of New York. Shortly afterward it was determined to build a parsonage, and during the construction ...

— The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees • Mary Caroline Crawford

... eagles among a busy congregation of crows or turkey-buzzards. They paddled in all haste to the spot. The feasters took flight; and the starved travellers found the mangled body of a deer, lately killed by the wolves. This good luck proved the inauguration of plenty. As they approached the head of the lake, game grew abundant; and, with the aid of the Mohegan, there was no lack of bear's meat and venison. They found wild grapes, too, in the woods, and gathered them by cutting down the trees to ...

— France and England in North America, a Series of Historical Narratives, Part Third • Francis Parkman

... interest in these Reports, so far as relates to organization, are the inauguration of a great system of field-fortifications for the defence of the national capital, and the preparation of engineer-equipments, particularly bridge-equipage for crossing rivers. These are only sketched, but the outline is drawn by an artist ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 • Various

... the house-warming of Sneyd Castle, also of the completion of his third mayoralty, and of the inauguration of the Dain Technical Institute, that the movement had been started (primarily by a few toadies) for tendering to Sir Jee a popular gift worthy to express the profound esteem in which he was officially held in the Five Towns. It having been generally ...

— The Grim Smile of the Five Towns • Arnold Bennett

... reached Manila there was no active military movement; then came the inauguration of the short, sharp campaign which ended for the moment with the taking of Malolos. For long, tedious weeks our soldiers had sweltered in muddy trenches, shot at by an always invisible foe whom they were not allowed to attack. ...

— The Philippines: Past and Present (vol. 1 of 2) • Dean C. Worcester

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