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ENTHRONEMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does enthronement mean?
• ENTHRONEMENT (noun)
The noun ENTHRONEMENT has 1 sense:
1. the ceremony of installing a new monarch
Familiarity information: ENTHRONEMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ceremony of installing a new monarch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
coronation; enthronement; enthronisation; enthronization; investiture
Hypernyms ("enthronement" is a kind of...):
induction; initiation; installation (a formal entry into an organization or position or office)
Derivation:
enthrone (provide with power and authority)
enthrone (put a monarch on the throne)
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