inauguration
[ in-aw-gyuh-rey-shuh n, -guh- ]
/ ɪnˌɔ gyəˈreɪ ʃən, -gə- /
noun
an act or ceremony of inaugurating.
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Origin of inauguration
First recorded in 1560–70, inauguration is from the Late Latin word inaugurātiōn- (stem of inaugurātiō). See inaugurate, -ion.
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Examples from the Web for inauguration
inauguration
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 of birds; consecrate or install when such omens are favorable," from in- "on, in" (see in- (2)) + augurare "to act as an augur, predict" (see augur).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper