From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Coronation \Cor'o*na"tion\ (k?r'?-n?"sh?n), noun [See {Coronate}.]
1. The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty.
2. The pomp or assembly at a coronation. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the ceremony of installing a new monarch [syn: {enthronement}, {enthronization}, {enthronisation}, {investiture}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "coronation": accedence, accession, anointing, anointment, appointment, arrogation, assignment, assumption, authorization, consecration, delegation, deputation, election, empowerment, enthronement, inauguration, induction, installation, installment, instatement, investiture, legitimate succession, placement, seizure, succession, taking office, taking over, usurpation
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
CORONATION, noun The ceremony of investing a sovereign with the outward and visible signs of his divine right to be blown skyhigh with a dynamite bomb.
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