ENTHRONE DEFINITIONS - 9 definitions found
enthrone v 1: provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights" [syn: invest, vest, enthrone] [ant: disinvest, divest] 2: put a monarch on the throne; "The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago" [syn: enthrone, throne] [ant: dethrone] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) enthrone transitive verb Date: circa 1593 1. a. to seat in a place associated with a position of authority or influence b. to seat ceremonially on a throne 2. to assign supreme virtue or value to ; exalt • enthronement noun Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary enthrone (enthrones, enthroning, enthroned) 1. When kings, queens, emperors, or bishops are enthroned, they officially take on their role during a special ceremony. (FORMAL) Emperor Akihito of Japan has been enthroned in Tokyo... He is expected to be enthroned early next year as the spiritual leader of the Church of England. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, be V-ed as n 2. If an idea is enthroned, it has an important place in people's life or thoughts. (JOURNALISM) He was forcing the State to enthrone a particular brand of modernism. ...the religious fundamentalism now enthroned in American life. = enshrine VERB: V n, V-ed English Explanatory Dictionary enthrone ɪnˈθrəun v.tr. 1 install (a king, bishop, etc.) on a throne, esp. ceremonially. 2 exalt. øøenthronement n. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Enthrone \En*throne"\, v. t. [Pref. en- + throne: cf. OF. enthroner. Cf. Inthronize.] 1. To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity. Beneath a sculptured arch he sits enthroned. --Pope. It [mercy] is enthroned in the hearts of kings. --Shak. 2. (Eccl.) To induct, as a bishop, into the powers and privileges of a vacant see. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms enthrone v. a. 1. Invest with sovereign power, seat upon the throne. 2. Exalt, elevate, raise to superiority. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 33 Moby Thesaurus words for "enthrone": aggrandize, anoint, apotheose, apotheosize, beatify, canonize, chair, crown, deify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, exalt, glamorize, glorify, immortalize, inaugurate, induct, install, instate, invest, lionize, magnify, make legendary, place, place in office, put in, raise, saint, sanctify, set up, throne, uplift |
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