nounĭnaugŭrātĭoINAVGVRATIO☆ KeepMeaninga beginningLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879INAUGURATIOLEWIS & SHORTINAUGURATIOĭnaugŭrātĭo, ōnis, f. inauguro, a consecration; hence, transf., I. a beginning (post-class.), Tert. adv. Valent. 11.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesAntiquitiesInauguratioInauguratio was in general the ceremony through which the augurs obtained, or endeavoured to obtain, the sanction of the gods to something which had b…