Dictionary Definition
enthrone
Verb
1 provide with power and authority; "They vested
the council with special rights" [syn: invest, vest] [ant: divest]
2 put a monarch on the throne; "The Queen was
enthroned more than 50 years ago" [syn: throne] [ant: dethrone]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
- to put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called enthronement, equivalent to (and often combined with) coronation and/or other ceremonies of investiture
- in a figurative sense, to help a candidate to the succession of a monarchy (as a kingmaker does), or by extention in any other major organisation
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
aggrandize, anoint, apotheose, apotheosize, beatify, canonize, chair, crown, deify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, exalt, glamorize, glorify, immortalize, inaugurate, induct, install, instate, invest, lionize, magnify, make legendary,
place, place in office,
put in, raise, saint, sanctify, set up, throne, uplift