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Of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the person being inaugurated. quotations examples
The University of Cape Town hosts an inaugural lecture by Professor Ian Scott […] on Wednesday at 8pm.
2008 August 21, Cape Times, page 21
In 1928 [Martin] Heidegger succeeded [Edmund] Husserl to take a chair at Freiburg and in his inaugural lecture made a pronouncement that earned him a reputation as an archetypal metaphysician with his claim that our awareness of people as a whole depends on our experience of dread in the face of nothingness.
2014 April 12, Michael Inwood, “Martin Heidegger: the philosopher who fell for Hitler [print version: Hitler's philosopher]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), London, page R11
Marking the beginning of an operation, venture, etc. examples
plural inaugurals
An inauguration; a formal beginning. examples
A formal speech given at the beginning of an office. quotations examples
In his inaugural, President Obama proclaimed 'an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics'.
2009 March 13, Teddy Davis, ABC News