enthroned

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A former nurse made history Wednesday when she was enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to lead the centuries-old mother church of the world's 85 million-strong Anglican community.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

While such preparatory drawings often focused on the figures alone, Filippino devotes equal attention to the architectural setting, in this case an open loggia on which the saint is enthroned and surrounded by angels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

Before he was enthroned, the king married Mayisela in 2021 in a civil marriage.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2025

Hierarchies in art, with painting and sculpture enthroned at the top, don’t make sense either.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2024

This presentation had lasted for more than three hours, but it had enthroned a new sense of reality in the hearts of those present, a sense of man on earth.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright