Also 7 in-. [f. as prec. + -MENT.] a. The action of enthroning; esp. the ceremony of enthroning a king or bishop. b. The fact of being enthroned.
1685. Addr. Virginia, in Lond. Gaz., No. 2051/2. Your Majesties peaceable and safe Inthronement in your Rightful and Lawful Imperial Seat.
1878. Spurgeon, Treas. Dav., Ps. cxviii. 24. The day of David’s enthronement was the beginning of better times.
1885. Manch. Exam., 9 April, 5/3. It was at Bishop Temple’s own request that his enthronement … took place so early in the morning.
