enthronement

American  

[en-throhn-muhnt] / ɛnˈθroʊn mənt /

Also enthronization

noun

1. the act of enthroning.

2. the state or occasion of being enthroned.

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Other Word Forms

• reenthronement
  noun

Etymology

Origin of enthronement

First recorded in 1675–85; enthrone + -ment

Example Sentences

Desmond Tutu's enthronement as Archbishop of Cape Town was attended by the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie, and the widow of Martin Luther King.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2021

In 2019, she composed the piece “Ray of Water,” which was performed at the enthronement ceremony of Naruhito, the emperor of Japan.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2021

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte arrives with daughter Sara Duterte-Carpio to attend the enthronement ceremony of Japan's Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo, Japan October 22, 2019.

From Reuters • Nov. 13, 2021

Tuesday’s ceremony also marked the 30th anniversary of Bartholomew’s enthronement as patriarch, the longest reign of any patriarch on record, according to Elpidophoros.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2021

He assists at the terrifying rites of Mithra, the prostrations of serpent-worshippers of fire, of light, of the Greek's deified forces of nature, of the Northern enthronement of brute force and war.

From A Man of Two Countries by Dowling, Colista M.