disenthrone, v.
(dɪsɪnˈθrəʊn)
Also 7 disin-.
[f. dis- 6 + enthrone.]
trans. To put down from a throne; to depose from royal or supreme dignity or authority; to dethrone.
| 1608 Heywood Lucrece i. ii. Wks. 1874 V. 171, I charge thee, Tarquin, disinthrone thy selfe. 1667 Milton P.L. ii. 229 Either to disinthrone the King of Heav'n We warr..or to regain Our own right lost. 1855 Milman Lat. Chr. (1864) IX. xiv. x. 346 The proposal of a new translation of the Scriptures..disenthroned the Vulgate from its absolute exclusive authority. |
Hence disenˈthroning vbl. n.; disenˈthronement, dethroning.
| 1648 Milton Observ. Art. Peace (1851) 559 Which act of any King against the Consent of his Parlament..might of it self strongly conduce to the disinthrowning him. 1848 Hampden Bampt. Lect. (ed. 3) 157 The disenthroning of Providence. 1894 Asquith Sp. at Newburgh 24 Oct., To seek for the disenthronement of religious privilege. |