decrownv.
/dɪˈkraʊn/ ? Obsolete.
transitive. To deprive of the crown, to discrown.
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society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > remove from office or authority [verb (transitive)] > depose a sovereign > uncrown
uncrowna1400
discrown1586
decrown1609
1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 153 Authoritie to de-Throan and de-Crowne Princes.
1624 Bp. F. White Replie to Iesuit Fishers Answere 56 Throning and dethroning, crowning and decrowning them.
1777 T. Campbell Philos. Surv. S. Ireland xxxiii. 322 If the Pope had not arrogated a right to dethrone and decrown Kings.
1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi I. i. iii. 49 How art thou decrowned and spoiled by thy recreant and apostate children.
Derivatives
deˈcrowning n.
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society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > [noun] > uncrowning
uncrowning1611
decrowning1615
discrowning1823
1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. M5 The decrowning of Kings.
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