enthronement

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After his death, Greek television channels played montages of key moments of his life, from his enthronement to his swearing in of the colonels who had led the 1967 coup.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2023

Desmond Tutu's enthronement as Archbishop of Cape Town was attended by the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie, and the widow of Martin Luther King.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2021

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte arrives with daughter Sara Duterte-Carpio to attend the enthronement ceremony of Japan's Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo, Japan October 22, 2019.

From Reuters • Nov. 13, 2021

Tuesday’s ceremony also marked the 30th anniversary of Bartholomew’s enthronement as patriarch, the longest reign of any patriarch on record, according to Elpidophoros.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2021

In Siam, the unusual spectacle was beheld of the simultaneous enthronement of two kings as rulers of that country.

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin