Word
coronation
Phoneticscoro·na·tion
US/ˌkɔɹəˈneɪʃən/
UK/kˌɒɹənˈeɪʃən/
Definitions
01crowning a monarch
n. the official ceremony where a king or queen is crowned and given power.
n. the formal act or ceremony of investing a monarch with regal power, typically involving the placement of a crown on the head.
“Thousands of people gathered in the streets to watch the coronation of the new king.”
“The coronation was a grand affair, steeped in centuries of tradition and attended by heads of state from across the globe.”
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02culmination or easy victory
n. the final success of something, especially when there is no competition.
n. the culmination or completion of a process; often used to describe a victory that feels inevitable or lacks serious opposition.
“The final game was less of a match and more of a coronation for the champion.”
“After winning every primary by a landslide, the party convention felt less like a political contest and more like a coronation for the candidate.”
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“He is due to take an oath before the Norwegian parliament on Tuesday and will later participate in a consecration service - a stripped-down version of a coronation, which Norway no longer has.” “Members of the royal family stand on the Buckingham Palace balcony after King Charles and Queen Camilla’s coronation ceremony in 2023.” Etymology
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”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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