inauguration ceremony

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• inauguration — inaugurate in‧au‧gu‧rate [ɪˈnɔːgjreɪt ǁ ˈnɒː ] verb [transitive] 1. to begin a new system, service, project etc: • The airline inaugurated its first nonstop flight to Moscow last year. • a billion dollar aid package inaugurated at the economic… …   Financial and business terms

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• Ceremony — For other uses, see Ceremony (disambiguation). Newly commissioned officers celebrate their new positions by throwing their midshipmen covers into the air as part of the U.S. Naval Academy class of 2005 graduation and commissioning ceremony …   Wikipedia

• ceremony — noun (plural nies) Etymology: Middle English ceremonie, from Middle French ceremonie, from Latin caerimonia Date: 14th century 1. a formal act or series of acts prescribed by ritual, protocol, or convention < the marriage ceremony > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• inauguration — in·au·gu·ra·tion || ɪ nɔːgjÉ™ reɪʃn / gjÊŠ r n. formal ceremony marking a beginning, opening ceremony; ceremony in which a person is inducted into office …   English contemporary dictionary

• inauguration — n. 1. Investiture, installation, ceremony of induction or of consecration. 2. Ceremony of institution, ceremony of initiation. 3. Commencement, beginning, institution, initiation, origination, formal opening …   New dictionary of synonyms

• inauguration — /in aw gyeuh ray sheuhn, geuh /, n. an act or ceremony of inaugurating. [1560 70; < LL inauguration (s. of inauguratio). See INAUGURATE, ION.] * * * …   Universalium