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The act of starting a new operation or practice
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inauguration
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of starting a new operation or practice; "he opposed the inauguration of fluoridation"; "the startup of the new factory was delayed by strikes" [syn: startup ] the ceremonial induction into a position; "the new president obviously enjoyed his ...
Wiktionary
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n. 1 The act of inaugurate, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremony. 2 The formal beginning or initiation of any movement, course of action, etc.; as, the inauguration of a new system, a new condition, etc.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1560s, from French inauguration "installation, consecration," and directly from Latin inaugurationem (nominative inauguratio ) "consecration, installment under good omens," noun of action from past participle stem of inaugurare "take omens from the flight ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An inauguration is a formal ceremony or special event to mark either: the beginning of a major public leader's term of office. the opening or first public use of a new civic area, organisation or project. Such as a museum , hospital or film studio . The ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inauguration \In*au`gu*ra"tion\, n. [L. inauguratio a beginning: cf. F. inauguration.] The act of inuagurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies. At his regal inauguration, his old father resigned the kingdom ...
Usage examples of inauguration.
Arriving in Philadelphia just days before the inauguration, Jefferson had called on Adams at the Francis Hotel, where Jefferson, too, was to stay.
The day following the inauguration, however, when President Adams asked others, including Washington, for their opinion on sending Madison to Paris, he heard only stiff objections.
If ever a system was proven to work under extremely adverse circumstances, it was at this inauguration of 1801, and it is regrettable that Adams was not present.
From Anna and others in Washington, Dolley heard of the raucous scene following the inauguration.
Could Dunst, a trained killer, be involved in the plan to assassinate the next President of the United States on this, his inauguration day?
Mickey Mangun and another Pentecostal friend, Janice Sjostrand, sang at the dedicatory church service at my first inauguration and brought the house down.
The Inauguration of the Mohocks began late due to the necessities of triumph.
With Spiro Agnew and his guests looking out from the elegant museum on the eve of his inauguration as Vice-President of the U.
I indulged in both pursuitsrather aggressively the night before we arrived at Altair VI to attend a presidential inauguration.
Every two years since the founding of the Federation, Starfleet has sent three ships to attend the inauguration at Altair VI.
January 3 he told Lemnitzer and other aides in his Cabinet Room that he would move against Castro before the inauguration if only the Cubans gave him a really good excuse.
Capitol by the sixth hour of day at the very latest, then straight into the consular inaugurations and the meeting of the Senate.
Such impounding has successful inauguration in five small reservoirs now in operation on the headwaters of the Mississippi out of forty-two planned.
The aged Sallust, who had long observed the irregular fluctuations of popular assemblies, proposed, under pain of death, that none of those persons, whose rank in the service might excite a party in their favor, should appear in public on the day of the inauguration.
Vereen had been invited to perform for the Reagan Inauguration and had accepted only on the condition that he could tell the entire "Blackface" story - but the whole first half of Vereen's show, depicting Bern Williams and blackface, was censored by Reagan's people on ABC TV, contrary to the special agreement Vereen had with them.