enthrone
verb (used with object)
to place on or as on a throne.
had enthroned
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past perfectof enthrone.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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This presentation had lasted for more than three hours, but it had enthroned a new sense of reality in the hearts of those present, a sense of man on earth.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
"Almighty, yes," answered Hans from the cart on which he had enthroned himself, "so help me the dear Lord."
From Jess by Haggard, Henry Rider
At the head of the table, with his back to the blinded glass wall, Henry had enthroned himself.
From Wild Justice by Sprague, Ruth M.
Napoleon may have impressed himself on the soldier's intellect; he had enthroned himself in his heart.
From The Whence and the Whither of Man A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895 by Tyler, John Mason
Right on the topmost pinnacle of everything known as religious there they had enthroned it, and robed it in starlight and crowned it as queens are crowned.
From Lotus Buds by Carmichael, Amy
