n. [ L. inauguratio a beginning: cf. F. inauguration. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
At his regal inauguration, his old father resigned the kingdom to him. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
. The day on which the President of the United States is inaugurated, the 20th of January in every year next after a year divisible by four. Prior to the adoption of the twentieth amendment to the Constitution of the United States (ratified February 6, 1933) the date was the 4th of March. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]