noun · rare

coronation

co·ro·nat·ion

coronation · coronations

коронація

венчание, коронация

Krönung

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

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UK/kɒɹəˈneɪʃn̩/US/ˌkɔɹəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

» Adriano was invited to the coronation ball.

Meaning

5 senses

(also, attributive, literally)An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.
An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.
(also, attributive, literally, specifically)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.
King Charles III’s coronation is to be much less elaborate compared to his mother’s.
Krönung
корона́цияkoronácija, венча́ниеvenčánije
корона́ціяkoronácija
(figuratively)A completion or culmination of something.
(figuratively)A success in the face of little or no opposition.
(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.

More definitions

the ceremony of installing a new monarch

Examples

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Adriano was invited to the coronation ball.
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Adriano was getting ready for the coronation.
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Are the preparations complete for the coronation?
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The prince’s coronation was a grand affair.
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The prince’s coronation was a splendid ceremony.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign’s consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty:

Русский

By meaning 1

act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign’s consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign’s consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty:

Origin

From Late Middle English coronacion, coronacioun (“crowning of a sovereign or his consort;

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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