enthronement

[ en-throhn-muhnt ]

/ ɛnˈθroʊn mənt /

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noun

the act of enthroning.

the state or occasion of being enthroned.

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Also en·thron·i·za·tion

[en-throh-nuh-zey-shuhn]. /ɛnˌθroʊ nəˈzeɪ ʃən/.

Origin of enthronement

First recorded in 1675–85; enthrone + -ment

re·en·throne·ment, noun

In Siam, the unusual spectacle was beheld of the simultaneous enthronement of two kings as rulers of that country.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year|Edwin Emerson
She is not a mere sense delight, a toy for the debauchery of my intellect and the enthronement of emotion.
The Kempton-Wace Letters|Jack London
There is a less complete copy here of the feast at the enthronement of Archbishop Nevile.
Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine|William Carew Hazlitt
The enthronement of the despised Hualcoyotl, he further said, would be resisted to the last extremity.
A Prince of Anahuac|James A. Porter

He defined war as the temporary repeal of all the ten commandments, and an enthronement of all the crimes.
The Battle of Principles|Newell Dwight Hillis