coronation
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coronation¹
- /kɒɹəˈneɪʃn̩/ UK
- /ˌkɔɹəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ US
- /ˌkɑ-/ US
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it 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”).
noun coronations
- An act of investing with a crown; a crowning. [A]nd if vvee be Spouſes of this Bridegroom [Jesus], vvee cannot but (as vvee are exhorted) rejoyce in that the marriage of the Lambe is come, and the day of our ovvn coronation vvith an incorruptible Crovvn of glory.
- 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.
- A completion or culmination of something.
- A success in the face of little or no opposition.
- In the game of checkers or draughts: the act of turning a checker into a king when it has reached the farthest row forward. Here, the huffing of Miss Bella and the loss of three of her men at a swoop, aggravated by the coronation of an opponent, led to that young lady's jerking the draught-board and pieces off the table: which her sister went down on her knees to pick up.
Coronation²
proper noun
- A town in Alberta, Canada.
- A settlement in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: enthronement, enthronization, investiture, throne, consecration, cope, chair, culmination, enthronisation, inauguration, crowning, assumption, enthrone, enthroning, accession, installation
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noun act of investing with a crown
| עברית | הַכְתָּרָה hakhtara |
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noun act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign’s consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty
| Español | coronación, coronamiento |
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| 한국어 | 즉위식 jeugwisik, 대관 daegwan, 대관식 daegwansik |
| 日本語 | 即位式 sokuishiki, 戴冠 taikan, 戴冠式 taikanshiki |
| 中文 | 加冕 jiāmiǎn |
| हिन्दी | राजतिलक rājtilak, राज्याभिषेक rājyābhiṣek, ताजपोशी tājpośī |
| Português | coroação |
| Français | couronnement |
| Deutsch | Krönung |
| Italiano | coronazione, incoronazione |
| Ελληνικά | στέψη stépsi |
| Română | coronație, încoronare, încoronație |
| Русский | корона́ция koronácija, венча́ние venčánije |
| العربية | تَتْوِيج tatwīj |
| עברית | הַכְתָּרָה hakhtará, הַמְלָכָה hamlakhá |
Talk about this word "coronation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/coronation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. coronation. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/coronation "coronation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/coronation.Cite this
@misc{coronation_2026,
title = {coronation},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/coronation},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
