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a coronation for people who fought a revolution specifically to avoid having coronations.

means The formal ceremony that marks the start of something official — most often a leader taking office, but also the opening of a building, institution, or era.

from From Latin inaugurare, 'to consecrate by augury' — to install someone (or something) only after the augurs, Rome's official bird-watchers, had read the omens. The root is augur, the priest who studied the flight, calls, and feeding of birds to decide whether the gods approved. So buried inside every inauguration is a Roman squinting at the sky, waiting for the right vulture to swing by before anyone could take the job.

latin root
From augur, priests who read bird flights for omens
shortest oath
Washington added so help me God ad-lib, maybe
deadly speech
Harrison's two-hour address gave him fatal pneumonia
date moved
Shifted from March to January in 1933
bible optional
No law requires swearing on any book at all
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