Genders, Augurs and Capitols
The verb “to inaugurate” originates from Latin and has roots connected to Roman religious practices and rituals. The Latin root is inaugurāre, meaning “to install, consecrate, or dedicate (something or someone) by omens.”
Augurs were Roman priests who interpreted omens (especially the flight patterns of birds) to determine the will of the gods. This would seem to explain the need for black-robed high priests wielding sacred texts and invoking deities on the first day of a new job. Personally, I think handing off the keys to the executive washroom would be sufficient.
By mystical ritual, Donald John Trump was initiated as the 47th president, who will preside over the semiquincentennial of the United States, or what’s left of it after Lincoln shredded the Republic.
The event was marked by a virtual tsunami of competing Executive Orders and Presidential Pardons, from both the outgoing and incoming presidents, the latter cancelling the former even as the ink was drying. The ceremony was moved inside the capitol, ostensibly due to a vicious wave of Arctic global warming.
Note the use of “capitol,” not “capital”. The term derives specifically from the Capitolium, which referred to the Temple of IVPITER OPTIMVS MAXIMVS, located on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome. Thus, the term Capitol Hill.
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