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enthrone

[en-throhn] / ɛnˈθroʊn /




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The fund helped steady the finances of war-ravaged Europe, enthrone the dollar as the international currency and shore up U.S. allies from Britain to Korea.

From Seattle Times Feb. 25, 2017

And the knights launched a revolt to enthrone the son of one of them, 20-year-old Stanislas Parvulesco.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2015

But he scored only 48 points less than that, to top Mathias' Olympic mark and enthrone himself as the greatest all-round athlete in the world.

From Time Magazine Archive

By virtue of this mandate, I ... do induct, install and enthrone you, Most Reverend Father in God, Geoffrey . . . into the archbishopric and the office of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Even if Illyrio is the friend you think him," the knight said stubbornly, "he is not powerful enough to enthrone you by himself, no more than he could your brother."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Von Stuck delights in contrasts: On the “Orpheus wall,” he enthrones the mythical lyre-player above tamed animals in an architectural fresco based on Pompeian murals.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 30, 2026

Karole Armitage's choreography also keeps the joint jumping and Scott Pask's design ironically enthrones the excellent band in a vast military truck.

From The Guardian Apr. 14, 2010

It is not the Mind of Spirit; for spiritualization of thought destroys all sense of matter as substance, Life, or intelligence, and enthrones God in the eternal qualities of His being.

From Unity of Good by Mary Baker Eddy

She was not that ideal of grace and gentleness which "Untutored youth, Unlearned in the world's false subtleties," enthrones within the temple of his heart, but was, notwithstanding, a remarkable woman.

From Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier by John Algernon Owens

The green-eyed monster, unbidden, enters the heart and enthrones himself as ruler of the happiness of the individual over whom it assumes sway.

From The Witch of Salem or Credulity Run Mad by F. A. (Freeland A.) Carter

A former nurse made history Wednesday when she was enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to lead the centuries-old mother church of the world's 85 million-strong Anglican community.

From Barron's Mar. 25, 2026

While such preparatory drawings often focused on the figures alone, Filippino devotes equal attention to the architectural setting, in this case an open loggia on which the saint is enthroned and surrounded by angels.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 21, 2026

Mullally will formally replace Welby in a ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral in January before being enthroned at Canterbury Cathedral in March.

From BBC Dec. 28, 2025

Prolific sculptor Frederick William Sievers shows a seated Maury enthroned like Zeus before a globe held aloft by swarming figures representing the forces of air and water.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 22, 2025

On the dais on the right side of the ballroom the King and Queen were enthroned, and at the King’s right hand was the King’s Huntress.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

As the abolitionist senator Charles Sumner once said, “Our country, be she right or wrong: a sentiment dethroning God and enthroning the devil.”

From Washington Post Sep. 23, 2017

Besides his plays and satirical romances he wrote the first modern history of philosophy, enthroning Reason after severe skirmishes with the Church and two emperors.

From Time Magazine Archive

Soon we shall repair our fault of not preventing the carrying off of our King by enthroning his son.

From Time Magazine Archive

But this can furnish no ground for subjecting one, and enthroning the other.

From The Friendships of Women by William Rounseville Alger

Mrs. Amherst rejoined, enthroning her visitor in one of the monumental plush armchairs beneath the threatening weight of the Bay of Naples.

From The Fruit of the Tree by Alonzo Kimball




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