enthrone means To put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called enthronement, equivalent to (and often combined with) coronation or other ceremonies of investiture. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 81 out of 100.
Why this word is great
ENTHRONE — [Verb] To install a sovereign or personage on a throne in formal ceremony, or to exalt someone or something to a position of supreme honor or influence. From the English prefix en- (meaning "to put into or onto") + throne (meaning "the ceremonial chair of a sovereign"). Unlike "coronate," which specifies the crowning ritual alone, or "exalt," a more diffuse term for elevation, to enthrone is to commit to the specific, potent symbol of the seat itself. It is the cold, smooth pressure of marble against the back of a kneeling novice; it is the corporate board voting a new ideology into the chairmanship of all decisions; it is the private heart placing a memory upon an unassailable dais—the moment abstract power finds its human vessel and becomes, irrevocably, history.
verb
- To put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called enthronement, equivalent to (and often combined with) coronation or other ceremonies of investiture.“Near-synonyms: coronate, crown”
- To help a candidate to the succession of a monarchy (as a kingmaker does), or by extension in any other major organization.
- To exalt, to praise.“The novel seemed to enthrone love as the highest virtue.”