coronationnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌkɒr.əˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkɔːr.əˈneɪ.ʃən/a ceremony at which a person is made king or queen
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Ceremonies
- cavalcade
- ceremonial
- ceremony
- commemorate
- commencement
- induction
- initiate
- knight
- master of ceremonies
- MC
- nuptials
- officiate
- pageant
- salute
- solemnize
- speech day
- state occasion
- swearing-in
- the red carpet
- troop
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Examples from literature
- And now we must prepare for the coronation.
- He sat, too, for his coronation portrait, as it was called, in Buckingham Palace.
- King Henry II., of England, crowned his son as king, and on the day of coronation put on a servant's garb and waited, he, the king, at the son's table, to the astonishment of all the princes.
- On the occasion of the coronation his Majesty made magnificent presents to the metropolitan church.
- The churches, the chimes, the palace, the coronation chapel, and the street scenes are enough to drive one mad with interest.
- The famous British coronation pictures were superb and they gained immensely by the rich color effects.