Enthrone
[ɪn'θrəʊn;en-] or [ɪn'θron]
Definition
(verb.) put a monarch on the throne; 'The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago'.
Editor: Megan--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity.
(v. t.) To induct, as a bishop, into the powers and privileges of a vacant see.
Typed by Aldo
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Invest with sovereign power, seat upon a throne.[2]. Exalt, elevate, raise to superiority.
Inputed by Erma
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Crown, install
ANT:Depose, dethrone, debase, degrade
Inputed by Amanda
Definition
v.t. to place on a throne: to exalt to the seat of royalty: to install as a bishop: to exalt.—ns. Enthrone′ment Enthronisā′tion the act of enthroning or of being enthroned.—v.t. Enthrō′nise to enthrone as a bishop: to exalt.
Edited by Augustus
Examples
- There was something to the English peculiarly attractive in the idea of this wave-encircled, island-enthroned city. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- In both, there were several knots of loungers, squalid and miserable, but now with a manifest sense of power enthroned on their distress. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- He would find that most ancient type of human ruler, a god-king, enthroned, the Dalai Lama, the living Buddha. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Still and for ever did the earth roll on, enthroned in her atmospheric car, speeded by the force of the invisible coursers of never-erring necessity. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She was a woman of middle-age, with well-formed features of the type usually found where perspicacity is the chief quality enthroned within. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- At the same moment he saw that May, serenely enthroned between Mr. van der Luyden and Mr. Selfridge Merry, had cast a quick glance down the table. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- But, profound gravity sat enthroned on Wegg's countenance. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Woodrow