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enthrone

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en·throne  (n-thrn)
tr.v. en·throned, en·thron·ing, en·thrones
1.
a. To seat on a throne.
b. To invest with sovereign power or with the authority of high office.
2. To raise to a lofty position; exalt.

en·thronement n.

enthrone
Verb
[-throning, -throned]
1. to place (a person) on a throne in a ceremony to mark the beginning of his or her new role as a monarch or bishop
2. to give an important or prominent position to (something): the religious fundamentalism now enthroned in American life
enthronement n
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Verb1.enthrone - provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights"
instal, install - put into an office or a position; "the new president was installed immediately after the election"
consecrate, ordinate, ordain, order - appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
coronate, crown - invest with regal power; enthrone; "The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey"
enthrone, throne - put a monarch on the throne; "The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago"
ordain - invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister was ordained only last month"
2.enthrone - put a monarch on the throne; "The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago"
enthrone, vest, invest - provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights"
dethrone - remove a monarch from the throne; "If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned"

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Entice the tyrant back with fair promises, kill him and enthrone.
If hereafter any highly cultured, poetical nation shall lure back to their birth-right, the merry May-day gods of old; and livingly enthrone them again in the now egotistical sky; in the now unhaunted hill; then be sure, exalted to Jove's high seat, the great Sperm Whale shall lord it.
 
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