Enthroning

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The procedure of officially appointing a person to a position of leadership involves a ceremonial presentation of authority and the recognition of their rightful dominance
2. The act of formally placing a person into a position of authority through a ceremonial ritual that acknowledges their power
3. A ceremony in which someone is officially given a leadership role, symbolizing their rightful accession to power

Etymology: "Enthroning" is the present participle of "enthrone," which means to place a person on a throne, often in a ceremony that formally installs a monarch, bishop or other high official. The verb is built from the prefix "en-," meaning "in" or "into," and "throne," so its literal sense is to put someone into a throne. The older form "inthronize" shows the same construction with the spelling that the prefix once had. The "en-" prefix is an ordinary English tool for making verbs from nouns: it turns "throne," a seat of power, into an action of seating someone in it. Verbs formed this way, such as "enthrall" or "encase," follow the same pattern, though in those words the noun's meaning has shifted further from the original seat.

Synonyms: crowning, installing, inaugurating, enthronement, seating

Antonyms: deposing, dethroning, removing, displacing, dislodging