coronation
Syllables: co·ro·nat·ion/kɒɹəˈneɪʃn̩/US/ˌkɔɹəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/
coronation noun: an act of investing with a crown; a crowning.
Noun
coronation (plural coronations)
- An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.
- [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.1612, Thomas Taylor, “A Commentary upon the Epistle of St. Paul Written to Titus. [Second Chapter.]”, in The Works of the Judicious and Learned Divine Thomas Taylor […], volume II, London: […]...
- An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty.
- 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.c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- A completion or culmination of something.
- A success in the face of little or no opposition.
- In the game of checkers or draughts: the act of turning a checker into a king when it has reached the farthest row forward.
- 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.1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, “The R. Wilfer Family”, in Our Mutual Friend. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC, 1st book (The Cup and the Lip), page 27
Proper noun capitalized: Coronation
Coronation
- A town in Alberta, Canada.
- A settlement in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
coronation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
coronation in Hindi
- act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign’s consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty
- राजतिलक rājtilak, राज्याभिषेक rājyābhiṣek, ताजपोशी tājpośī
coronation in Tamil
- act of investing with a crown
- முடிசூட்டு muṭicūṭṭu
- act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign’s consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty
- முடிசூட்டு விழா muṭicūṭṭu viḻā
coronation in Marathi
- act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign’s consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty
- राज्याभिषेक rājyābhiṣek
coronation in Urdu
- act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign’s consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty
- تاجپوشی tājpośī
More languagesFewer languages
- coronation in Bengali
- তাজপোশী tajpōśi, রাজ্যাভিষেক rajjabhiśek
- coronation in Telugu
- పట్టాభిషేకంబు paṭṭābhiṣēkambu, పట్టాభిషేకము paṭṭābhiṣēkamu
- coronation in Malayalam
- കിരീടധാരണം, രാജ്യാഭിഷേകം
- coronation in Kannada
- ಪಟ್ಟಾಭಿಷೇಕ paṭṭābhiṣēka
- coronation in Punjabi
- ਤਾਜਪੋਸ਼ੀ tājpośī
- coronation in Gujarati
- રાજ્યાભિષેક, તાજપોશી
- coronation in Odia
- ରାଜ୍ଯାଭିଷେକ
- coronation in Nepali
- अभिषेक् abhiṣek, उद्घाटन udghāṭan
- coronation in Arabic
- تَتْوِيج tatwīj
- coronation in Malay
- kemahkotaan, penabalan, pertabalan
- coronation in Indonesian
- pemahkotaan, penabalan, penobatan
- coronation in Persian
- تاجگُذاری tâj-gozâri
- coronation in Thai
- ราชาภิเษก raa-chaa-pí-sèek
- coronation in Myanmar
- နန်းတက်ပွဲ nan:takpwai:
Examples of coronation in a sentence
- A horſon cold ſir, a cough ſir, vvhich I cought vvith ringing in the Kings affaires vpon his coronation day ſir.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine]...
- Think of that, ye loyal Britons! we whalemen supply your kings and queens with coronation stuff!1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Postscript”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers...
- [George Friederic] Handel's coronation anthem, God save the King, was played by Dr.1856, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “Religion”, in English Traits, Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC, pages 219–220:
Synonyms of coronation
Forms of coronation
| plural | coronations |
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Origin of coronation
From Late Middle English coronacion, coronacioun (“crowning of a sovereign or his consort; powers conferred by this ceremony; crowning of the Virgin Mary; (figuratively) placing of a crown of thorns on Jesus; act of rewarding a person with eternal life, happiness, honour, etc.”) [and other forms], borrowed from Anglo-Norman coronacion and Old French coronacion, coronation, from Late Latin *corōnātiōnem, from Latin corōnō (“to coronate, crown (with a crown, garland, etc.)”) + -ātiōnem (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or their results). Corōnō is derived from corōna (“garland, wreath; crown”).
Words formed from coronation
Phrases with coronation
Words that rhyme with coronation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about coronation
- What does coronation mean?
- Coronation means an act of investing with a crown; a crowning.
- What is coronation in Hindi?
- Coronation in Hindi is राजतिलक (rājtilak), राज्याभिषेक (rājyābhiṣek), ताजपोशी (tājpośī). See Coronation meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use coronation in a sentence?
- A horſon cold ſir, a cough ſir, vvhich I cought vvith ringing in the Kings affaires vpon his coronation day ſir.
- What part of speech is coronation?
- Coronation can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce coronation?
- Coronation is pronounced /kɒɹəˈneɪʃn̩/ (UK).
- What is the plural of coronation?
- The plural of coronation is coronations.
Words near coronation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: coronation (page history and authors); Coronation (page history and authors); coronation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); coronation (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coronation (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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