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Definition of Dethroning
1. dethrone [v] - See also: dethrone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dethroning
Literary usage of Dethroning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the Admiralty by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1848)
"... in order to assist in the design of dethroning the King and extirpating the
Protestant religion; and Pepys was again charged ..."
2. The Growth of British Policy: An Historical Essay by John Robert Seeley (1895)
"A reaction visibly set in when such questionable steps were taken as the dethroning
of a king and the making of another king by the Act of Convention. ..."
3. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1802)
"It was here that, under the stimulating influence of resentment, he formed the
great project of dethroning Augustus, by means of his own subjects. ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1794)
"... dethroning him, and f.iving the State, which w.is the term thi-y adopted for
forming a ic- publick. ..."
5. A Monograph on Plebiscites: With a Collection of Official Documants by Sarah Wambaugh (1920)
"... dethroning the House of Bourbon. September 11, 1859 1 L'ASSEMBLEA dichiara
che la dinastia Borbonica non può ..."
6. Historical Memoirs of My Own Time by Nathaniel William Wraxall (1815)
"... rather than any well ascertained intention, or expectation of subverting the
Government, and dethroning the Braganza family; seem to have stimulated the ..."
7. The History of Modern Europe: with an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1837)
"It was here that, under the stimulating influence of resentment, he formed the
great project of dethroning Augustus, by means of his own subjects. ..."
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