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coronation

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Meaning

  1. noun An act of investing with a crown; a crowning. An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty.
    King Charles III’s coronation is to be much less elaborate compared to his mother’s.
  2. noun An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty.
    King Charles III’s coronation is to be much less elaborate compared to his mother’s.
  3. noun A completion or culmination of something. A success in the face of little or no opposition.
  4. noun A completion or culmination of something.
  5. noun A success in the face of little or no opposition.
  6. noun In the game of checkers or draughts: the act of turning a checker into a king when it has reached the farthest row forward.

Similar words

enthronement enthronization investiture throne consecration cope chair culmination enthronisation inauguration

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Word family

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