coronation

w:Coronation of the VirginCoronation of the Virgin (1375) by w:VeniceVenetian painter Catarino

Meaning

Noun

  • 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.
  • A success in the face of little or no opposition.

Origin

  • From Middle English coronacion, coronacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman coronacion, coronation, from coroner or from Late Latin coronatio, from Latin corono.

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