The ceremony of installing a new monarch.
synonyms: coronation, enthronisation, enthronization, investiture.
Roget 755:
commission,
delegation;
consignment,
assignment;
procuration†;
deputation,
legation,
mission,
embassy;
agency,
agentship†;
power of attorney;
clerkship;
surrogacy.
errand,
charge,
brevet,
diploma,
exequatur [Lat.],
permit
etc.
(permission)
760.
appointment,
nomination,
designation,
return;
charter;
ordination;
installation,
inauguration,
investiture,
swearing-in;
accession,
coronation,
enthronement.
vicegerency;
regency,
regentship.
viceroy
etc.
745;
consignee
etc.
758;
deputy
etc.
759.
[person who receives a commission]
agent,
delegate,
consignee
etc.
758.
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Roget 873:
distinction,
mark,
name,
figure;
repute,
reputation;
good repute,
high repute;
note,
notability,
notoriety,
eclat,
the bubble reputation"
[As You Like It],
vogue,
celebrity;
fame,
famousness;
renown;
popularity,
aura popularis [Lat.];
approbation
etc.
931;
credit,
succes d'estime [Fr.],
prestige,
talk of the town;
name to conjure with.
glory,
honor;
luster
etc.
(light)
420;
illustriousness
etc.
adj..
account,
regard,
respect;
reputableness
etc.
adj.†;
respectability
etc.
(probity)
939;
good name,
good report;
fair name.
dignity;
stateliness
etc.
adj.;
solemnity,
grandeur,
splendor,
nobility,
majesty,
sublimity.
rank,
standing,
brevet rank,
precedence,
pas,
station,
place,
status;
position,
position in society;
order,
degree,
baccalaureate,
locus standi [Lat.],
caste,
condition.
greatness
etc.
adj.;
eminence;
height
etc.
206;
importance
etc.
642;
preeminence,
supereminence;
high mightiness,
primacy;
top of the ladder,
top of the tree.
elevation;
ascent
etc.
305;
superaltation†,
exaltation;
dignification†,
aggrandizement.
dedication,
consecration,
enthronement,
canonization,
celebration,
enshrinement,
glorification.
hero,
man of mark,
great card,
celebrity,
worthy,
lion,
rara avis [Lat.],
notability,
somebody;
classman†;
man of rank
etc.
(nobleman)
875;
pillar of the state,
pillar of the church,
pillar of the community.
chief
etc.
(master)
745;
first fiddle
etc.
(proficient)
700;
cynosure,
mirror;
flower,
pink,
pearl;
paragon
etc.
(perfection)
650;
choice and master spirits of the age;
elite;
star,
sun,
constellation,
galaxy.
ornament,
honor,
feather in one's cap,
halo,
aureole,
nimbus;
halo of glory,
blaze of glory,
blushing honors;
laurels
etc.
(trophy)
733.
memory,
posthumous fame,
niche in the temple of fame;
immortality,
immortal name;
magni nominis umbra [Lat.]
[Lucan].
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Dutch: troonbestijging, kroning
Polish: koronacja