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coronation.

An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kɒɹəˈneɪʃn̩/Received-Pronunciation/ˌkɔɹəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/General-American/ˌkɑ-/General-American
  1. An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.

    also · attributive · literally
  2. An act of investing with a crown; a crowning. An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty.

    also · attributive · literally · specifically
    King Charles III’s coronation is to be much less elaborate compared to his mother’s.
  3. A completion or culmination of something.

    figuratively
  4. A success in the face of little or no opposition.

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

    rare
Where this word comes from

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”).

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