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Webster 1913 Edition
Inauguration
In-auˊgu-ra′tion
,Noun.
[L.
inauguratio
a beginning: cf. F. inauguration
.] 1.
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. Sir T. Browne.
2.
The formal beginning or initiation of any movement, course of action, etc.;
as, the
inauguration
of a new system, a new condition, etc.Webster 1828 Edition
Inauguration
INAUGURA'TION
,Noun.