enthrone
Americanverb (used with object)
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enthrones,
present (3rd person singular)
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enthroned,
past participle, past
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enthroning
present participle
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to place on or as on a throne.
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to invest with sovereign or episcopal authority.
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to exalt.
verb
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to place on a throne
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to honour or exalt
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to assign authority to
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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enthronesimple
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enthronessimple
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have enthronedperfect
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has enthronedperfect
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am enthroningprogressive
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are enthroningprogressive
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is enthroningprogressive
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have been enthroningperfect progressive
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has been enthroningperfect progressive
Past
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enthronedsimple
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had enthronedperfect
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was enthroningprogressive
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were enthroningprogressive
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had been enthroningperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of enthrone
Example Sentences
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The fund helped steady the finances of war-ravaged Europe, enthrone the dollar as the international currency and shore up U.S. allies from Britain to Korea.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2017
And the knights launched a revolt to enthrone the son of one of them, 20-year-old Stanislas Parvulesco.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2015
One such arrangement might be to enthrone Khalid, but give the real control to a younger, more dynamic man.
From Time Magazine Archive
To depose the rule of force, and to enthrone the rule of law in the disposition of international differences is imperative .
From Time Magazine Archive
I don’t sit, but take my place, kneeling, near the chair with the footstool where Serena Joy will shortly enthrone herself, leaning on her cane while she lowers herself down.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Von Stuck delights in contrasts: On the “Orpheus wall,” he enthrones the mythical lyre-player above tamed animals in an architectural fresco based on Pompeian murals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Karole Armitage's choreography also keeps the joint jumping and Scott Pask's design ironically enthrones the excellent band in a vast military truck.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 14, 2010
The other main type of university enthrones 'research' as its summum bonum.
From The History of University Education in Maryland by Steiner, Bernard Christian
May the peace, whenever it come, be worthy of the conflict that it ends, a peace which enthrones justice in the affairs of the world and banishes oppression.
From Intercession: A Sermon Preached by the Rev. B. N. Michelson, B.A. by Michelson, B. N.
You bid me turn my face on high Where the blue heaven the sun enthrones, And serve a viewless deity, Nor make my bow to stocks and stones.
From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John
A former nurse made history Wednesday when she was enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to lead the centuries-old mother church of the world's 85 million-strong Anglican community.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
While such preparatory drawings often focused on the figures alone, Filippino devotes equal attention to the architectural setting, in this case an open loggia on which the saint is enthroned and surrounded by angels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
Before he was enthroned, the king married Mayisela in 2021 in a civil marriage.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025
Hierarchies in art, with painting and sculpture enthroned at the top, don’t make sense either.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
Barbarossa was enthroned in Ida's best armchair like a king forced to watch a bunch of mediocre actors perform.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
As the abolitionist senator Charles Sumner once said, “Our country, be she right or wrong: a sentiment dethroning God and enthroning the devil.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 23, 2017
Soon we shall repair our fault of not preventing the carrying off of our King by enthroning his son.
From Time Magazine Archive
Besides his plays and satirical romances he wrote the first modern history of philosophy, enthroning Reason after severe skirmishes with the Church and two emperors.
From Time Magazine Archive
The will is the man, and when the will bows, dethroning self and enthroning God, submitting to His appointments, and delighting to execute His commandments, then the sacrifice is begun.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Maclaren, Alexander
Consecration involves the "glorifying" of Christ, the "enthroning" Him, the crowning of Jesus "Lord of all" in our own heart and life.
From The Spirit-Filled Life by MacNeil, John
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