Definition of "inauguration" []

• Formal induction into office. (noun)
• A formal beginning or introduction. (noun)

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• "Golf carts from a staging area to the steps near to a place of honor at the inauguration is a great idea."
• "For most of them, getting to the inauguration is a daunting prospect."
• "Your invitation to Reverend Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at your inauguration is a genuine blow to LGBT Americans, wrote Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, in a letter to Mr. Obama today."