enthronement

Noun

Meaning

The act of enthroning, or state of being enthroned.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

coronation investiture enthronization enthronisation appointment elevation celebration installation induction accession dedication inauguration consecration canonization crowning
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Antonyms

end fall opposition decline decrease conclusion
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Hypernyms

installation induction initiation

Related terms

enskinment enstoolment

Examples

When I really believe a thing, I mean that its truth possesses me. . . Truth is self-authenticating, and when it possesses me, nothing can shake it from its enthronement until some greater truth displaces it or gives it less prominence. Leslie Weatherhead

His enthronement took place at Canterbury Cathedral on 21 March 2013. Source: Internet

A couple of weeks prior to an enthronement, one of the chapter’s groups visits the family. Source: Internet

The newest edition, edited by the current Master of the Abbot's Hospital, was published by Goldenford Publishers Ltd on 20 June 2011, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of his enthronement as Archbishop of Canterbury. Source: Internet

Located on the dais in the background was the same silver throne on which her father was seated at his enthronement, in actual use from 1650 and up until this ceremony. Source: Internet

Emperor Senka was elderly at the time of his enthronement; and his reign is said to have endured for only three years. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

enthrill enthrone enthroned enthroner enthroning enthronisation