enthronement

[ en-throhn-muhnt ]

noun

1. the act of enthroning.
2. the state or occasion of being enthroned.

Other Words From

• reen·thronement noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of enthronement¹

First recorded in 1675–85; enthrone + -ment

Example Sentences

In Siam, the unusual spectacle was beheld of the simultaneous enthronement of two kings as rulers of that country.

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She is not a mere sense delight, a toy for the debauchery of my intellect and the enthronement of emotion.

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There is a less complete copy here of the feast at the enthronement of Archbishop Nevile.

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The enthronement of the despised Hualcoyotl, he further said, would be resisted to the last extremity.

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He defined war as the temporary repeal of all the ten commandments, and an enthronement of all the crimes.

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