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coronation

[kawr-uh-ney-shuhn, kor-] / ˌkɔr əˈneɪ ʃən, ˌkɒr- /
NOUN
accession
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This is the third Games that the King has attended since his coronation.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

The Tooro king will be buried next Saturday - the day he had hoped to celebrate the anniversary of his coronation.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

The brothers aren’t known to have spoken in years, and haven’t been photographed together since King Charles’s coronation in 2023, when Harry sat several rows behind his older brother at Westminster Abbey.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

‘Prawned cocktail, coronation chicken, Black Forest gateau, onion soup. Done properly, they’re all delicious. Where’s all that kind of food gone?’

From Slate Aug. 15, 2026

It must have grown up silently, yet swiftly as a flag rises when you pull it up on a flagstaff, while they were all busied about the coronation.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis

Also known as Cambodia's royal ballet, classical dance performances were originally mounted for court occasions such as coronations or marriages.

From Barron's Dec. 31, 2025

His “Credo” for chorus and orchestra, which capped the program proper on Thursday, recalls both Handel’s “Zadok the Priest,” the anthem traditionally associated with British coronations, and edgy mid-20th-century European modernism.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 27, 2025

The UK Parliament prepared a detailed briefing on the history and protocol of coronations and it's quite fascinating.

From Salon Dec. 16, 2024

It was worn by senior courtiers at coronations and other major festivals.

From BBC Jan. 24, 2024

It must suffice to speak of the coronations at Rome and Aix-la-Chapelle.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various




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