coronation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the ceremony of installing a new monarch
    enthronization; investiture; enthronement; enthronisation.

WordNet

Cor`o*na"tion noun
Etymology
See Coronate.
Definitions
  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. The pomp or assembly at a coronation. Pope.

Webster 1913