coronation

== English == === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɒɹəˈneɪʃn̩/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkɔɹəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌkɑ-/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən Hyphenation: co‧ro‧nat‧ion === Noun === coronation (plural coronations) (literally, also attributively) An act of investing with a crown; a crowning. (specifically, also attributively) 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. Synonyms: crowning, (obsolete) crownment, (obsolete, rare) sacration (figuratively) A completion or culmination of something. A success in the face of little or no opposition. (board games, rare) In the game of checkers or draughts: the act of turning a checker into a king when it has reached the farthest row forward. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== coronate coronated (adjective) corona crown ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== enthronement === Notes === === References === === Further reading === coronation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === otoancorin