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coronation

[ US /ˌkɔɹəˈneɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /kˌɒɹənˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. the ceremony of installing a new monarch

How To Use coronation In A Sentence

  • CORONATION Street has been cleared of inciting crime after an arson plot sparked a flurry of complaints. The Sun
  • Now the three swords, now and anciently borne before the king at his coronation, were known as the sword of the clergy, the sword of the laity, and the third (curtana), which has no point, the sword of mercy. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
  • Apart from the specially commissioned coronation pictures, none of the 1689 woodcuts were new.
  • The Holy Roman Empire ever since the first event of Charles the Great's coronation, when it justified itself as a diplomatical expedient for unifying Western Christendom, had existed more or less as a shadow. Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 The Catholic Reaction
  • It was always obvious that Brown, whose coronation is secure, would contest the middle ground, and this must mean revisiting welfare reform Archive 2007-03-04
  • Similar swords became used by the 9th century for ceremonial purposes too, such as coronations: the sword had become, with the mace, a symbol of majesty.
  • The ampulla was believed to contain holy oil, said to have been given by the Virgin Mary to Thomas Becket and rediscovered in time to assist Henry IV at his coronation in 1399.
  • A Pembrokeshire man, he established his reputation as a jouster and was knighted at Edward VI's coronation.
  • Homage and fealty performed by the great men after the coronation were arguably of greater practical importance than the ceremony itself.
  • The front was covered with decorations, including mock-ups of a throne and floral crown, window-sill models of Coronation regalia and the Royal coach, coloured lights and Royal portraits.
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