enthroning, vbl. n.
(ɛnˈθrəʊnɪŋ)
[f. enthrone v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb enthrone; the action of formally inducting a king or bishop to office; = enthronement. Also fig.
| 1668 Wilkins Real Char. 295 Coronation, inthroning, is solemnity of King-making, or King-declaring. 1697 tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. II. 32 These two letters were written a little while after the Enthroning of George. 1705 Stanhope Paraphr. III. 94 Of that Enthroning the Holy Ghost shed abroad..was a convincing Demonstration. 1848 Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 651 The enthroning of Henry the Fourth. |