coronation

CEFRC1

/kɒɹəˈneɪʃn̩/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A ceremony in which a person is formally made king or queen.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A completion or culmination of something.

Examples

  • Thirteen days from now will be Miss Earth coronation.

  • The princess attended the King's coronation.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˌkɑ-/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.

  2. A success in the face of little or no opposition.

  3. In the game of checkers or draughts: the act of turning a checker into a king when it has reached the farthest row forward.

More examples

In context

  • King Charles III’s coronation is to be much less elaborate compared to his mother’s.

  • Some reaſons of this double Corronation / I haue poſſeſſt you vvith, and thinke them ſtrong.

  • [A]nd if vvee be Spouſes of this Bridegroom [Jesus], vvee cannot but (as vvee are exhorted) rejoyce in that the marriage of the Lambe is come, and the day of our ovvn coronation vvith an incorruptible Crovvn of glory.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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”).