enthrone

[en-throhn]

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verb (used with object), en·throned, en·thron·ing.

to place on or as on a throne.
to invest with sovereign or episcopal authority.
to exalt.

Also inthrone.

Origin of enthrone

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

Related formsre·en·throne, verb (used with object), re·en·throned, re·en·thron·ing.

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Related Words for enthrone

adopt, establish, install, inaugurate, induct, idealize, endue, authorize, vest, license, empower, bequeath, ordain, initiate, charge, consecrate, sanction, endow, honor, enthrone

Examples from the Web for enthrone

Contemporary Examples of enthrone

First, Americans have to understand that they should not enthrone democracy as an end in itself.
Leslie H. Gelb on Egypt, Syria: Take a Deep Breath, America
Leslie H. Gelb
June 18, 2012

Historical Examples of enthrone

One should conquer the world not to enthrone a man, but an idea, for ideas exist for ever.
Tancred
Benjamin Disraeli
She will again seek to dethrone Religion, and enthrone Reason.
The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882
Joseph Wild
Self is the idol, and we enthrone it, and we fall down and worship it.
My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year
John Henry Jowett
But I use the canaille for my purpose—I don't mean to enthrone it.
The Parisians, Complete
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Is it not to dethrone self and enthrone God in the hearts of men?
Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of Matthew
John Monro Gibson

British Dictionary definitions for enthrone

enthrone

verb

to place on a throne
to honour or exalt
to assign authority to

Derived Formsenthronement, noun

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Word Origin and History for enthrone

c.1600, from en- (1) + throne. Replacing enthronize (late 14c.), from Old French introniser (13c.), from Late Latin inthronizare, from Greek enthronizein, from en "in" (see en- (2)) + thronos "throne" (see throne). Related: Enthroned; enthroning.