enthrone

[en-throhn]

verb (used with object)

enthroned, enthroning 

1. to place on or as on a throne.

2. to invest with sovereign or episcopal authority.

3. to exalt.

enthrone

/ ɛnˈθrəʊn /

verb

1. to place on a throne

2. to honour or exalt

3. to assign authority to

Other Word Forms

• reenthrone verb (used with object)
• enthronement noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of enthrone¹

First recorded in 1600–10; en- ¹ + throne

Example Sentences

When he was two years old, a search party of Buddhist officials recognised him as the reincarnation of the 13 previous Dalai Lamas and he was enthroned before he turned four.

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Channel 4 News said Bishop John, who was enthroned Bishop of Liverpool in 2023, was interviewed voluntarily under caution by police in March last year.

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Hierarchies in art, with painting and sculpture enthroned at the top, don’t make sense either.

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Thailand's constitution states the king is "enthroned in a position of revered worship".

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Charles was the 40th sovereign to be enthroned in the abbey — and, at 74, the oldest.

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Related Words

• adopt 
• establish 
• install