coronation
/ˌkɔɹəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ noun C1- 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. · King Charles III’s coronation is to be much less elaborate compared to his mother’s.
- A completion or culmination of something.
- A success in the face of little or no opposition.
Plural coronations
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“Why,” said Albert, “he was talked about for a week; then the coronation of the queen of England took place, followed by the theft of Mademoiselle Mars’s diamonds; and so people talked of something else.”
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