Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Inauguration

Inauguration , noun

[Latin inauguratio a beginning: compare French inauguration.]

1.
The act of inaugurating, 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.