coronation

Meaning

1. (also, attributive, literally) An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.
2. (also, attributive, literally, specifically) An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.
3. (figuratively) A completion or culmination of something.
4. (figuratively) A success in the face of little or no opposition.
5. (rare) In the game of checkers or draughts: the act of turning a checker into a king when it has reached the farthest row forward.

Synonyms

enthronement

crowning

enthronization

enthronisation

investiture

inauguration

crowning ceremony

crown

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wedding ceremony

enthronement ceremony

completion

Translations

coronación

Krönung

couronnement

incoronazione

kroning

στέψη

coronazione

coronació

bekroning

coroação

sacre

Krönungsfeier

entronització

intronizzazione

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɒɹəˈneɪʃn̩/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: coronacion

In summary

From Late Middle English coronacion, coronacioun (“crowning of a sovereign or his consort; powers conferred by this ceremony; crowning of the Virgin Mary; (figuratively) placing of a crown of thorns on Jesus; act of rewarding a person with eternal life, happiness, honour, etc.”) [and other forms], borrowed from Anglo-Norman coronacion and Old French coronacion, coronation, from Late Latin *corōnātiōnem, from Latin corōnō (“to coronate, crown (with a crown, garland, etc.)”) + -ātiōnem (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or their results). Corōnō is derived from corōna (“garland, wreath; crown”).