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ENTHRONE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide with power and authority

Example:

They vested the council with special rights

Synonyms:

enthrone; invest; vest

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "enthrone" is one way to...):

instal; install (put into an office or a position)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enthrone"):

consecrate; ordain; order; ordinate (appoint to a clerical posts)

coronate; crown (invest with regal power; enthrone)

enthrone; throne (put a monarch on the throne)

ordain (invest with ministerial or priestly authority)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

enthronement (the ceremony of installing a new monarch)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Put a monarch on the throne

Example:

The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago

Synonyms:

enthrone; throne

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "enthrone" is one way to...):

enthrone; invest; vest (provide with power and authority)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Antonym:

dethrone (remove a monarch from the throne)

Derivation:

enthronement; enthronisation; enthronization (the ceremony of installing a new monarch)

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