coronation
pronunciation
How to pronounce coronation in British English:
UK [ˌkɒrəˈneɪʃn]
How to pronounce coronation in American English:
US [ˌkɔrəˈneɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- the ceremony of installing a new monarch
Word Origin
- coronation (n.)
- late 14c., from Late Latin coronationem (nominative coronatio) "a crowning," from past participle stem of Latin coronare "to crown," from corona "crown" (see crown (n.)).
Example
- 1. Yet the election will not be a coronation .
- 2. The republicans did not want their primary season to look like a coronation .
- 3. Its scoop was indeed a coup : june 2nd was the day of queen elizabeth 's coronation .
- 4. The celebrations at her coronation were carefully designed to show off the young queen as the paragon of virtue .
- 5. The country is not returning to 1977 and its home-made fancy-dress costumes or coronation bunting dug out of attics .