throning
Taking royal seat
Throning is the present participle of throne, used as a verb meaning to place on or as if on a throne, or to occupy a throne.
The word appears most often in literary or ceremonial contexts describing the act of installing royalty or elevating someone to a position of power and authority.
The bishops participated in the throning of the new monarch.
It can also describe sitting in a stately or elevated manner, as one would on a throne.
Formal investiture of sovereign
- crowningInstalling as monarch
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- anointmentRitual application of oil
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
installation · ascension · succession · ceremony · ritual · pageantry · pomp · solemnity
Superior influence over others
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- ruleGoverning principle or standard
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
dominion · command · governance · hegemony · ascendancy · reign · control · autocracy
enthronement
Formal investiture of sovereign
- crowningInstalling as monarch
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- anointmentRitual application of oil
inauguration · installation · ascension · succession · ceremony · ritual · pageantry · pomp · solemnity · regalia
dominance
Superior influence over others
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- ruleGoverning principle or standard
- supremacyHighest rank or power
sovereignty · dominion · command · governance · hegemony · ascendancy · reign · control · autocracy · tyranny
monarch
Hereditary supreme ruler
emperor · dynasty · lineage · heir · nobility · royalty · realm · palace · court · regal
throningdethroning
Removing from power
deposing · overthrowing · unseating · ousting · dethronement