enthronement
Monarch's formal installation
Enthronement is the ceremony or act of placing a monarch, religious leader, or other dignitary on a throne, formally investing them with authority.
The word extends to any installation in a position of power or honor: the enthronement of a new archbishop, his enthronement as CEO.
Figuratively, it describes elevating something to supreme status: the enthronement of profit above all other values.
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- installationProcess of putting in
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- inductionFormal admission process
inauguration · accession · anointment · procession · pageantry · pomp · solemnity · proclamation
Diocesan clergy head
- popeCatholic Church's supreme leader
- patriarchMale head of family
- archbishopSenior prelate over province
- pontiffSupreme Catholic leader
see · diocese · cathedral · mitre · crozier · vestments · ecclesiastical · apostolic
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
- monarchHereditary supreme ruler
- sovereignSupreme in power
- kingMale crowned ruler
- queenMost powerful chess piece
emperor · empress · tsar · sultan · pharaoh · dynasty · reign · succession
Supreme independent authority
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- dominionAuthority to rule
- ruleGoverning principle or standard
- supremacyHighest rank or power
ascendancy · mandate · legitimacy · power · governance · jurisdiction · autocracy · imperial
coronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- installationProcess of putting in
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
induction · inauguration · accession · anointment · procession · pageantry · pomp · solemnity · proclamation · acclamation
bishop
Diocesan clergy head
- popeCatholic Church's supreme leader
- patriarchMale head of family
- archbishopSenior prelate over province
pontiff · see · diocese · cathedral · mitre · crozier · vestments · ecclesiastical · apostolic · clergy
crown
Sovereign's ornamental headpiece
queen · emperor · empress · tsar · sultan · pharaoh · dynasty · reign · succession · heir
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
supremacy · ascendancy · mandate · legitimacy · power · governance · jurisdiction · autocracy · imperial · ascension
- monarchyking, queen, prince, princess, crown
- royaltyking, queen, prince, princess, kings
- ceremonieswedding ceremony, wedding, weddings, graduation, graduations
- coronationcoronation, crowning, crown, anointing, anointment
- formal actswedding, baptism, coronation, inauguration, oath
- swearing inoath, vow, pledge, oath of office, judicial oath
enthronementabdication
Formal surrender of power
dethronement · dethroning · deposition · renunciation · resignation
enthronementdeposition
Formal testimony under oath
defrocking · unseating · removal · ousting · overthrow
enthronementdethronement
Removal from sovereign power
deposition · overthrow · toppling · degradation · demotion