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coronation noun [ kɒrəˈneɪʃ(ə)n ]

• the ceremony of crowning a sovereign or a sovereign's consort.
• "the Queen's coronation"
Similar: crowning, enthronement, enthroning, accession to the throne, investiture, anointing, inauguration,
Origin: late Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin coronatio(n- ), from coronare ‘to crown, adorn with a garland’, from corona (see crown).


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