coronation
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- precoronation noun
- recoronation noun
Etymology
Origin of coronation
1350–1400; Middle English coronacio ( u ) n < Anglo-French coronation < Latin coronāt ( us ) crowned ( coronate ) + Middle French -ion- -ion
Example Sentences
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It’s worth noting the S&P index only updates its constituents once a year, in late January, so the stock may have to wait a while longer for its official coronation.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
Logic dictates that England's role on Saturday will be to simply bear witness to France's title-winning coronation.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
MILAN—The women’s hockey Olympic final was supposed to be an American coronation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
In a widely anticipated outcome that felt like a long-overdue coronation, Paul Thomas Anderson won the top honor at Saturday’s Directors Guild of America Awards for his Thomas Pynchon-inspired political thriller “One Battle After Another.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026
There are two letters from Madoc, but they just seem to be about which knights will be at the coronation and in what pattern around the central dais.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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