coronation

1. (literally, also attributively) An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.Examples: "[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."alsoattributiveliterally

2. (literally, also attributively) An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.Examples: "King Charles III’s coronation is to be much less elaborate compared to his mother’s."; "Some reaſons of this double Corronation / I haue poſſeſſt you vvith, and thinke them ſtrong."; "[John] Fal[staff]. VVhat diſeaſe haſt thou? / [Peter] Bul[lcalf]. A horſon cold ſir, a cough ſir, vvhich I cought vvith ringing in the Kings affaires vpon his coronation day ſir."Synonyms: crowning, crownment, sacrationalsoattributiveliterallyspecifically

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5. (board games, rare) In the game of checkers or draughts: the act of turning a checker into a king when it has reached the farthest row forward.Examples: "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."rare