cor·o·na·tion

(kôr′ə-nā′shən, kŏr′-)

The act or ceremony of crowning a sovereign or the sovereign's consort.

[Middle English coronacioun, from Medieval Latin corōnātiō, corōnātiōn-, from Latin corōnātus, past participle of corōnāre, to crown, from corōna, crown; see crown.]

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coronation

(ˌkɒrəˈneɪʃən)

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the act or ceremony of crowning a monarch

[C14: from Old French, from coroner to crown, from Latin corōnāre]

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cor•o•na•tion

(ˌkɔr əˈneɪ ʃən, ˌkɒr-)

n.

the act or ceremony of crowning a king, queen, or other sovereign.

[1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French < Medieval Latin corōnātiō = Latin coronā(re) to deck with garlands, crown, v. derivative of corōna crown + -tio -tion]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

coronation - the ceremony of installing a new monarch

enthronement, enthronisation, enthronization, investiture

induction, initiation, installation - a formal entry into an organization or position or office; "his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the army"; "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame"

Translations

bekroning

حَفْلَة

korunovace

kroning

Krönung

kronado

coronación

couronnement

राजतिलक

koronázáskoronázási szertartás

krÿning

incoronazione

karūnavimas

kronēšana

kroning

taç giyme töreni

加冕典礼

coronation

[ˌkɒrəˈneɪʃən] N → coronación f

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coronation

[ˌkɒrəˈneɪʃ^ən] n → couronnement m

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coronation

→ Krönung f

in cpds → Krönungs-; coronation robes → Krönungsgewänder pl

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coronation

[ˌkɒrəˈneɪʃ/ən] n → incoronazione f

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coronation

(korəˈneiʃən) noun

the act or ceremony of crowning a king or queen.

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It was at the time of the coronation of Napoleon, in 1804.

25 Frimaire; year XIII; Coronation of the Emperor Napoleon by his Holiness, Pius VII.' On the next morning, the inhabitants of Rome saw the same balloon soaring above the Vatican, whence it crossed the Campagna, and finally fluttered down into the lake of Bracciano.

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By hints, I asked him whether he did not propose going back, and having a coronation; since he might now consider his father dead and gone, he being very old and feeble at the last accounts.

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This is the custom of sending on a basket-woman, who is to precede the pomp at a coronation, and to strew the stage with flowers, before the great personages begin their procession.

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"In Frankfort at the Romer was a great mask-ball, at the coronation festival, and in the illuminated saloon, the clanging music invited to dance, and splendidly appeared the rich toilets and charms of the ladies, and the festively costumed Princes and Knights.

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I should like to have seen a gallery of coronation beauties, at Westminster Abbey, confronted for a moment by this band of island girls; their stiffness, formality, and affectation, contrasted with the artless vivacity and unconcealed natural graces of these savage maidens.

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Today was a great day for him- the anniversary of his coronation. Before dawn he had slept for a few hours, and refreshed, vigorous, and in good spirits, he mounted his horse and rode out into the field in that happy mood in which everything seems possible and everything succeeds.

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"And so anon was the coronation made," Malory goes on to tell us, "and there was Arthur sworn unto his lords and to the commons for to be a true king, to stand with true justice from henceforth the days of his life."

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The King of Ceilan rode through his city with a large ruby in his hand, as the ceremony of his coronation. The gates of the palace of John the Priest were "made of sardius, with the horn of the horned snake inwrought, so that no man might bring poison within." Over the gable were "two golden apples, in which were two carbuncles," so that the gold might shine by day and the carbuncles by night.

Hall described Henry VIII, on his way to the Tower previous to his coronation, as wearing "a jacket of raised gold, the placard embroidered with diamonds and other rich stones, and a great bauderike about his neck of large balasses." The favourites of James I wore ear-rings of emeralds set in gold filigrane.

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Well, she was the daughter of Guybertant, minstrel of the barges at Reims, the same who had played before King Charles VII., at his coronation, when he descended our river Vesle from Sillery to Muison, when Madame the Maid of Orleans was also in the boat.

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I was then in Germany, attracted thither by the wars in that country, which have not yet been brought to a termination; and as I was returning to the army from the coronation of the emperor, the setting in of winter arrested me in a locality where, as I found no society to interest me, and was besides fortunately undisturbed by any cares or passions, I remained the whole day in seclusion, with full opportunity to occupy my attention with my own thoughts.

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