enthronement

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It has also been deployed at the enthronement of royals, as well as their funerals.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2022

Desmond Tutu's enthronement as Archbishop of Cape Town was attended by the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie, and the widow of Martin Luther King.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2021

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte arrives with daughter Sara Duterte-Carpio to attend the enthronement ceremony of Japan's Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo, Japan October 22, 2019.

From Reuters • Nov. 13, 2021

Tuesday’s ceremony also marked the 30th anniversary of Bartholomew’s enthronement as patriarch, the longest reign of any patriarch on record, according to Elpidophoros.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2021

How was she to convince him of her unworthiness, how was she to persuade this lover of hers that she was too simple a creature for his splendid enthronement?

From Plashers Mead A Novel by MacKenzie, Compton