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Coronation   /kˌɔrənˈeɪʃən/   Listen
noun
Coronation  n.  
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.





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"Coronation" Quotes from Famous Books



... men. And if we should choose for his successor a man better disposed toward you then—Corilla," said the cardinal, interrupting himself, and in spite of her resistance pressing her to his bosom—"Corilla, swear once more to me that you will be mine, and only mine, as soon as I procure your coronation in the capitol! Swear it ...
— The Daughter of an Empress • Louise Muhlbach
... passing welcome unto me, for I have loved her long, and therefore there is nothing so lief to me. And these knights with the Round Table please me more than right great riches. And in all haste the king let ordain for the marriage and the coronation in the most honourablest wise that could be devised. Now Merlin, said king Arthur, go thou and espy me in all this land fifty knights which be of most prowess and worship. Within short time Merlin had found such knights that should ...
— Song and Legend From the Middle Ages • William D. McClintock and Porter Lander McClintock
... there was music and singing. The Miss O'Joscelyns, and Miss Fitzgeralds, and Mr Hill, performed: even Mat Tierney condescended to amuse the company by singing the "Coronation", first begging the bishop to excuse the peculiar allusions to the "clargy", contained in one of the verses; and then Fanny was asked to sing. She had again become silent, dull, and unhappy, was brooding over her miseries and disappointments, and she declined. Lord Kilcullen was behind ...
— The Kellys and the O'Kellys • Anthony Trollope
... me in astonishment. His feeling seemed to be that I was too late for the Coronation and too early for the ...
— Happy Days • Alan Alexander Milne
... immediate record—the startling forecast of the EX-KAISER'S destiny, entered in the Diary under November '98; and the mention, long before the actual illness of KING EDWARD declared itself, of the growing belief in certain circles that his coronation would never take place. It is at once obvious that not even "TOBY'S" three previous volumes have by any means exhausted his fund of good stories, the scenes of which range from Westminster to Bouverie ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, November 3, 1920 • Various


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