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Popular prophesy with a Latin opening (9)

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I believe the answer is:

inaugural

'opening' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'popular prophesy with a latin' is the wordplay.
'popular' becomes 'in' ('in' can mean trendy).
'prophesy' becomes 'augur' (I've seen this before).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'latin' becomes 'l'.
'in'+'augur'+'a'+'l'='INAUGURAL'

(Other definitions for inaugural that I've seen before include "Relating to start of job or course" , "President's address" , "Of a ceremony officially marking the beginning of something" , "Introductory" , "Marking the beginning of, eg, an institution" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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