coronation
IPA: kɔrʌnˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- (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.
- (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.
- A town in Alberta, Canada.
- A settlement in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
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Examples of "coronation" in Sentences
- He holds the scepter at the coronation.
- Above the arch is the Coronation of the Virgin.
- The coronation was performed by the Archbishop of York.
- The celebration begins with the coronation of the lilac queen.
- At the coronation banquet, the local wines of the regions were served.