See Also: inauguration(dictionary)
Inauguration Day(dictionary)
INAUGURATION(law)

inauguration (iou)



inauguration noun. M16.
[Old & mod. French, or late Latin inauguratio(n-), formed as INAUGURATE: see -ATION.]
Formal or ceremonial admission to an office (US esp. the presidency); an inaugural occasion or ceremony. M16.
J. S. Mill I..always dated from these conversations my own..inauguration as an original and independent thinker.
The formal or definite beginning of or introduction to a course of action, a significant period of time, etc. M19.
J. A. Froude To the one..the advent of Antichrist, to the other the inauguration of the millennium.
The formal or ceremonious introduction of something into public use. M19.
Comb.: Inauguration Day US the day (currently 20 January following the presidential election) on which the president is inaugurated.