coronation

From Middle English coronacion, coronacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman coronacion, coronation, from coroner or from Late Latin coronatio, coronationem, from Latin corono, from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “a type of sea-bird, perhaps shearwater; a crow; anything curved or hooked (like a door handle or the tip of a bow); a type of crown”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒɹəˈneɪʃən/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔɹəˈneɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

coronation (plural coronations)

1. The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty.
2. (figuratively) A success in the face of little or no opposition.

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