coronation

Meanings

Noun

the ceremony of installing a new monarch
An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.
An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.
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.
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.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

crowning, crownment, enthronement, enthronisation, enthronization, investiture, sacration

Scrabble Score: 12

coronation is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
coronation is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
coronation is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

coronation is a valid Words With Friends word