crowner
The finishing touch
A crowner is an old word for coroner—the official who investigates deaths.
The term survives mainly in British dialect and historical contexts.
Separately, crowner describes something that crowns or tops off: a crowning achievement, a final touch, the last item in a series.
That goal was the crowner of his career.
Formal death cause inquiry
- deathCessation of life
- verdictOfficial court decision
- autopsyMedical examination after death
- inquiryRequest for information
examination · jurisdiction · medieval · official · investigation · testimony · witness · judicial
Concluding part of performance
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
- capstoneTopmost stone of structure
- pinnacleUtmost summit or spire
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
triumph · finishing-touch · masterpiece · apex · zenith · highlight · showpiece · ultimate
Formal event marking occasions
- anointApply ceremonial oil
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- scepterCeremonial staff of sovereignty
throne · robe · pageantry · regalia · anointing · procession · oath · blessing
inquest
Formal death cause inquiry
inquiry · examination · jurisdiction · medieval · official · investigation · testimony · witness · judicial · findings
finale
Concluding part of performance
achievement · triumph · finishing-touch · masterpiece · apex · zenith · highlight · showpiece · ultimate · peak
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
- anointApply ceremonial oil
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
scepter · throne · robe · pageantry · regalia · anointing · procession · oath · blessing · archbishop
crowneropener
What begins something
starter · opening act · beginner · initiator · lead-off
- crown jewelMost valued possession
- crown princeMale successor to throne
- crowning achievementGreatest success attained
- the crownMonarch's ceremonial headwear
- crown of thornsBraided barbed headpiece
- triple crownThree linked major victories