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1. Occurring at or characteristic of a formal investiture or induction
   "the President's inaugural address"; "an inaugural ball"
    
2. Serving to set in motion
   "the magazine's inaugural issue"
   - initiative, initiatory, first, maiden

1. An address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president)
   - inaugural address
    
2. The ceremonial induction into a position
   "the new president obviously enjoyed his inaugural"
   - inauguration

Derived forms: inaugurals

See also: inaugurally, opening

Type of: address, induction, initiation, installation, speech

Antonym: exaugural

Encyclopedia: Inaugural