| 释义 |
enstool, v.|ɛnˈstuːl|
[f. en-1 + stool n. 1 e.]
trans. To place (a west African chief) on his ‘stool’. Hence enˈstoolment.
1895Times 16 Nov. 5/4 The King of Kokofu..is one of the three chiefs who, by ancient custom, perform the ceremony of ‘enstooling’ the King of Kumassi as King paramount [of the Ashanti Confederation]. 1895Daily News 25 Nov. 3/5 The enstooling of Prempeh on March 26, 1886. 1925Public Opinion 11 Oct. 396/1 Should a Chief be enstooled. 1959A. Abbs Ashanti Boy v. 191 We had many people in Dwamanoa..because of the white Queen's enstoolment. |