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Enthronement

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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Enthronemententhronement - the ceremony of installing a new monarch
coronation, 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"


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Peter is not merely forgiven; he is promised enthronement in the manner of his Lord.
Third Sunday of Easter: April 22, 2007 by Heider, George C. / Currents in Theology and Mission
In addition to interpreting 23 as the number of Justice and Mercy, Milton alludes to Dante's use of the number by arranging Christ's four 23-line speeches in Paradise Lost equally on either side of the Enthronement episode, "calling to mind the joint ascensions of Christ and the Virgin in Canto 23 of the Paradiso" (Frost, "John Donne" 140).
Numerological tradition in the works of Jupiter Hammon by Nydam, Arlen / African American Review
To be sure, this is no restoration of the past, no enthronement of tradition as a blueprint for life; but it is a return all the same to a basic human aspiration that one's own individual rational processes can never provide.
Scholarly Sojourn by Heck, Paul L. / Commonweal
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