inauguraladj.n.
/ɪˈnɔːɡjʊərəl/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to inauguration; forming part of the ceremony of inauguration or of the formal commencement of any course or career.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [adjective] > inaugural
inauguration1686
inaugural1689
inauguratory1775
inaugurative1853
1689 Let. conc. Coronation Medal (single sheet) Instances of Auspicious and Inaugural Medals.
1708 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 12 May (O.H.S.) II. 108 Mr. Thwaites Greek Professor made his Inaugural Speech.
1805 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 34 The satisfaction you express with the last inaugural address.
1841 T. Arnold Let. in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) II. x. 300 My Inaugural Lecture was so kindly received that it gives me great hopes of being able to do something.
1897 Daily News 5 Mar. 8/3 The inauguration exercises took place to-day..Mr. McKinley delivered his inaugural address in the open air in front of the Capitol.
1898 A. W. W. Dale Life R. W. Dale xii. 269 The inaugural meeting was attended by men of all parties.
B. n.
An inaugural speech or address. Also, an inaugural lecture at a university. U.S.
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > for specific occasion or purpose
His Majesty's Speech1583
New Year1595
panegyry1602
panegyric1603
remembrancea1616
valediction1619
panegyris1646
areopagitic1649
Hesped1650
allocution1689
maiden speech1702
Speech from the Throne1751
patter1772
inaugural1832
acceptance speech1855
oraison funèbre1856
keynote speech1863
keynote address1891
valedictory1892
keynote1896
pep speech1912
pep talk1913
the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > a speech > in universities
music speech1693
union1834
valedictory1847
baccalaureate-sermon1864
inaugural1958
1832 Reg. Deb. Congress U.S. 5 May 2778 I turn now to the other points in the inaugural.
1841 in T. W. Barnes Mem. Thurlow Weed (1884) 91 The inaugural does not meet expectations.
1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) (at cited word) ‘Have you read the President's inaugural?’
1871 S. N. Randolph Domest. Life T. Jefferson 289 He went in to deliver his inaugural.
1884 Cent. Mag. 28 504 A few days before one of his inaugurals.
1958 Listener 18 Sept. 429/3 That well-known story about Seeley's inaugural.
1965 J. A. W. Bennett in J. Gibb Light on C. S. Lewis 44 The mere quotability of his Cambridge Inaugural may lead us to forget his positive achievement.
1967 Listener 26 Jan. 139/2 Enright's famous inaugural at the University of Singapore.
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