Enthrone
verb
To install someone as a king or queen.
After the king's death, his son was enthroned.
Often appears as...
- enthroned as king
- enthroned on the throne
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Formal
verb
To put someone or something in a dominant or controlling position.
The company managed to enthrone itself as a leader in the industry.
Often appears as...
- enthroned as leader
- enthroned in power
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To install someone as a king or queen.
After the king's death, his son was enthroned.
Often appears as...
- enthroned as king
- enthroned on the throne
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To put someone or something in a dominant or controlling position.
The company managed to enthrone itself as a leader in the industry.
Often appears as...
- enthroned as leader
- enthroned in power
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Royal Ceremonies
Used for official traditional ceremonies involving royalty or similar figures.
Princess Victoria was enthroned amid age-old rituals.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to mean 'giving supreme importance'.
The ideals of liberty were enthroned in their hearts.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Power
Can figuratively indicate giving power or authority to a person or idea.
The new director was enthroned with much fanfare.
Pro Tip 1/3Royal Ceremonies
Used for official traditional ceremonies involving royalty or similar figures.
Princess Victoria was enthroned amid age-old rituals.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to mean 'giving supreme importance'.
The ideals of liberty were enthroned in their hearts.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Power
Can figuratively indicate giving power or authority to a person or idea.
The new director was enthroned with much fanfare.
Pro Tip 1/3Royal Ceremonies
Used for official traditional ceremonies involving royalty or similar figures.
Princess Victoria was enthroned amid age-old rituals.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to mean 'giving supreme importance'.
The ideals of liberty were enthroned in their hearts.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Power
Can figuratively indicate giving power or authority to a person or idea.
The new director was enthroned with much fanfare.
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Video examples
Distorting Madonna in...
sitting or standing on his mother's lap and wonder why she's so large? Paintings like Cimabue's enthroned Madonna with angels or Duccio's Maesta also appear out of proportion. If Mary were to stand up, it seems, the angels in the picture would be as tall as her shin bone, and her torso would be disproportionately small when compared to her legs.
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This is what democracy...
Now, surrounding Commune are his advisors. Justice is enthroned. She's looking up at the figure of wisdom, who actually supports her scales of justice.
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Distorting Madonna in...
sitting or standing on his mother's lap and wonder why she's so large? Paintings like Cimabue's enthroned Madonna with angels or Duccio's Maesta also appear out of proportion. If Mary were to stand up, it seems, the angels in the picture would be as tall as her shin bone, and her torso would be disproportionately small when compared to her legs.
Video examples
This is what democracy...
Now, surrounding Commune are his advisors. Justice is enthroned. She's looking up at the figure of wisdom, who actually supports her scales of justice.
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Lisa Lutz
American Author
Sometimes a single item can wrap up, in a nutshell, who a person is. In my grandparents' home, a clear plastic container was enthroned on top of the mahogany bar for at least a decade. Painted on the lid in pink, yellow and light blue was 'Have a Nosh With Mort & Ethel'.
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Edmund White
American Novelist
America thrives on identity politics, left and right. But France is opposed to the idea. Since the Revolution, the French have enthroned the idea of universalism. All of us must be equal before the law as abstract individuals, and that extends to the arts.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
Every man should be the intellectual proprietor of himself, honest with himself, and intellectually hospitable; and upon every brain, reason should be enthroned as king.
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James Lane Allen
American Author
The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart - this you will build your life by, and this you will become.
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Theodore Roosevelt
American President
Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.
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Lisa Lutz
American Author
Sometimes a single item can wrap up, in a nutshell, who a person is. In my grandparents' home, a clear plastic container was enthroned on top of the mahogany bar for at least a decade. Painted on the lid in pink, yellow and light blue was 'Have a Nosh With Mort & Ethel'.
Quote examples
Edmund White
American Novelist
America thrives on identity politics, left and right. But France is opposed to the idea. Since the Revolution, the French have enthroned the idea of universalism. All of us must be equal before the law as abstract individuals, and that extends to the arts.
Quote examples
Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
Every man should be the intellectual proprietor of himself, honest with himself, and intellectually hospitable; and upon every brain, reason should be enthroned as king.
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James Lane Allen
American Author
The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart - this you will build your life by, and this you will become.
Quote examples
Theodore Roosevelt
American President
Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.
Example 1 of 5
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