Inauguration

Noun

 * 1) The act of inaugurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.
 * 2) The formal beginning or initiation of any movement, course of action, etc.; as, the inauguration of a new system, a new condition, etc.

Thesaurus
accedence, acceptance, accession, admission, admittance, anchorage, baccalaureate service, baptism, celebration, ceremonial, ceremony, colonization, coming out, commencement, constitution, convocation, coronation, curtain raiser, debut, effectuation, embarkation, embarkment, empty formality, enlistment, enrollment, enthronement, establishment, exercise, exercises, first appearance, fixation, floating, flotation, formal, formality, formation, foundation, function, graduation, graduation exercises, immission, inaugural, inaugural address, inception, induction, initiation, installation, installment, instatement, institution, introduction, intromission, investiture, launching, liturgy, lodgment, maiden speech, materialization, mooring, mummery, observance, office, opener, ordination, organization, peopling, performance, placement, plantation, population, preliminary, realization, religious ceremony, rite, rite de passage, rite of passage, ritual, service, setting-up, settlement, settling, solemnity, solemnization, taking office, unveiling

Etymology
From inaugurate:.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 就職典禮, 就职典礼, , 就职
 * Czech:
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 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 就任,
 * Russian: инаугурация, вступление в должность
 * Spanish: investidura


 * Finnish:
 * Russian: торжественное открытие


 * Spanish: