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inauguration

  (ĭn-ô'gyə-rā'shən) pronunciation
n.
  1. Formal induction into office.
  2. A formal beginning or introduction.

 
 
Thesaurus: inauguration

noun

  1. The act or process of formally admitting a person to membership or office: inaugural, induction, initiation, installation, instatement, investiture. See accept/reject.
  2. The act or process of bringing or being brought into existence: beginning, commencement, inception, incipience, incipiency, initiation, launch, leadoff, opening, origination, start. Informal kickoff. See start/end.

 
Antonyms: inauguration

n

Definition: installation
Antonyms: adjournment, close, closure, demise, ending


 

inauguration, originally the ἱεροςγάμος (sacred marriage), a symbolic mating of the new king with the goddess of the kingdom [see kingship]. Scholars claim that the most famous of these inaugural fertility rites was the Feis Temro (feast of Tara), at which the new king married the goddess Medb [see also Lia Fáil]. The last instance of this event occurred in AD c.560. These rites were tenaciously recalled, with traditional rhetoric, in medieval Irish literature as metaphors of kingship, but by then the clergy had thoroughly christianized inauguration.

 
Wikipedia: inauguration

An inauguration is a ceremony of formal investiture whereby an individual assumes an office or position of authority or power. The term is usually used in reference to a politician's assumption of the duties of head of state or head of government (e.g. the President's inauguration). An "inaugural address" is the presidential speech given at this ceremony.

Political inaugurations often have lavish ceremonies, in which the politician publicly takes his or her oath of office in front of a large crowd of spectators.

The term inauguration may also refer to a formal beginning or introduction (e.g. the inauguration of a new CanadaUnited States border crossing).

State and religious leaders who are inaugurated

Further information: Inauguration Day

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Translations: Translations for: Inauguration

Dansk (Danish)
n. - indvielse, indsættelse, åbning

Nederlands (Dutch)
inwijding, ope- ningsplechtigheid, inauguratie, inhuldiging

Français (French)
n. - investiture, intronisation, inauguration

Deutsch (German)
n. - Einweihung, Beginn, Amtseinführung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εγκαίνια, εγκαινιασμός, ανάρρηση

Italiano (Italian)
inaugurazione, cerimonia inaugurale

Português (Portuguese)
n. - inauguração (f)

Русский (Russian)
торжественное введение в должность, торжественное открытие

Español (Spanish)
n. - investidura, inauguración, toma de posesión

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - invigning, avtäckning, installation (i ämbete), inledning, införande

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
就职典礼, 开幕式

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 就職典禮, 開幕式

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 취임[식], 개업, 개시

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 就任

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) افتتاح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חנוכה, פתיחה, הקדשה, הכנסה לתפקיד‬


 
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