- of an inauguration
- that begins a series; first
Origin of inaugural
French- a speech made at an inauguration
- an inauguration
adjective
- An example of something inaugural is the first charity event of an organization.
- An example of something inaugural is a ball for the newly-elected president.
The definition of inaugural is the first or a celebration of a president taking office.
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adjective
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of an inauguration.
- Initial; first: the inaugural issue of a magazine.
noun
- An inauguration.
- A speech given by a person being formally inducted into office.
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Adjective
(not comparable)
- Of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the person being inaugurated.
- Marking the beginning of an operation, venture etc.
- 2009 was the inaugural season for New York Yankees' new stadium.
Noun
(plural inaugurals)
- An inauguration; a formal beginning.
- The inaugural of the President will take place in March.
- A formal speech given at the beginning of an office.
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Sentence Examples
- On the 2nd of December 1841 he delivered his inaugural lecture.
- The general assembly, to which the case was appealed, suspended Dr Briggs in 1893, being influenced, it would seem, in part, by the manner and tone of his expressions - by what his own colleagues in the Union Theological Seminary called the " dogmatic and irritating " nature of his inaugural address.
- His inaugural address on The Principle of Protestantism, delivered in German at Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1844, and published in German with an English version by J.
- The Roman Catholic religion is declared by the constitution to be the religion of the state, and the inaugural oath of the president pledges him to protect it.
- Mr William O'Brien presided at the inaugural dinner on the 12th of April, and some English M.P.'s were present, but his chief supporter throughout was Father Humphreys.
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