Home › Words › E › enskinenskinenskin means to install as a leader of a group.EtymologyFrom en- + skin.verbTo install as a leader of a group.e.g.“On being enskinned, the successful candidate was ceremonially informed that he was henceforth answerable to all the Wala and not only the Nabihi.” — 2002, Ivor Wilks, Wa and the Wala: Islam and Polity in Northwestern Ghana, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 171:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.enskinment 75% match — the act of enskinning a new leader vs enskin →enstool 65% match — To install formally as chief. vs enskin →enstoolment 57% match — Act or process of enstooling, or raising a chief to power. vs enskin →enthrone 54% match — To put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called enthronement, equivalent to (and often combined with) coronation or other ceremonies of investiture. vs enskin →leaderly 52% match — Befitting a leader. vs enskin →enground 52% match — To instill or establish. vs enskin →enleague 51% match — To bring into league. vs enskin →enrace 50% match — To implant. vs enskin →