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enthrone, v.|ɛnˈθrəʊn|
Also 7–8 inthrone.
[f. en-1 + throne: cf. F. enthroner (Cotgr.).]
1. trans. To seat on a throne; esp. to set (a king, bishop, etc.) on a throne as a formal induction to office; to invest with regal or episcopal authority.
1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iii. vi. 5 Cleopatra and himselfe in Chaires of Gold Were publikely enthron'd. 1651Baxter Inf. Bapt., A King is..King..incompleatly till he be solemnly Crowned and Inthroned. 1726Ayliffe Parerg. 63 This Pope..was no sooner elected and enthron'd in France..but that he, etc. 1848Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 135 He was not crowned and anointed in Westminster Abbey, but was solemnly enthroned. 1876Green Short Hist. iii. 119 [The] Bishop of Norwich was elected by the monks of Canterbury at his bidding and enthroned as Primate.
fig.a1628Sir J. Beaumont Epiph. in Farr S.P. Jas. I (1848) 143 There pride, enthroned in misty errours, dwels. 1727Thomson Summer 400 One [maid], chief, in gracious dignity inthron'd Shines o'er the rest. a1790Warton Enthusiast (R.), Where happiness and quiet sit enthron'd. 1844Stanley Arnold (1858) II. 148 To enthrone the very mystery of falsehood and iniquity. 1868M. E. Braddon Dead Sea Fr. II. ix. 211 If she seem an angel to you, enthrone her in your heart of hearts.
2. To set as on a throne; to place in a high position, exalt.
1699Addison Imit. Milton 42 By every God that sits enthroned on high. 1856Stanley Sinai & Pal. iii. (1858) 171 Enthroned..on a mountain fastness. a1859Macaulay Hist. Eng. V. 300 In every parish from Mile End to Saint James's was to be seen enthroned on the shoulders of stout Protestant porters a pope.
Hence † enthroˈnation, Obs., in 7 inthronation, the action of enthroning. enˈthroned ppl. a., in 8 inthroned.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. x. i. §10 The antique Regall Chaire of Inthronation. a1711Ken Div. Love Wks. (1838) 247 Glory be to thee, O Love inthroned! |