The formal beginning or initiation of any movement, enterprise, event etc.
The act of inaugurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.
The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced
The first step of transcription or of transduction.
The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.