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Definition of Enthrone
1. Verb. Provide with power and authority. "They vested the council with special rights"
Generic synonyms: Instal, Install
Specialized synonyms: Consecrate, Ordain, Order, Ordinate, Coronate, Crown, Throne, Ordain
Derivative terms: Enthronement, Investiture
Antonyms: Divest
2. Verb. Put a monarch on the throne. "The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago"
Generic synonyms: Invest, Vest
Antonyms: Dethrone
Derivative terms: Enthronement, Enthronisation, Enthronization, Throne, Throne
Definition of Enthrone
1. 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.
Definition of Enthrone
1. Verb. (transitive) To put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called ''enthronement'', equivalent to (and often combined with) coronation and/or other ceremonies of investiture ¹
2. Verb. (transitive figuratively) To help a candidate to the succession of a monarchy (as a kingmaker does), or by extension in any other major organisation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Enthrone
1. to place on a throne [v -THRONED, -THRONING, -THRONES]
Medical Definition of Enthrone
1. 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. To induct, as a bishop, into the powers and privileges of a vacant see. Origin: Pref. En- + throne: cf. OF. Enthroner. Cf. Inthronize. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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