ˌkȯrəˈnāshən, ˌkär- noun
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English coronacioun, from Middle French coronation, from coroner to crown + -ation — more at crown
1. : the act or occasion of crowning: as
a. : the ceremony of investing a sovereign or his consort with the royal crown
b. : the ceremony of enthroning or of celebrating the official accession of a sovereign
coronation festivities of the present emperor of Japan — Edwin Strawbridge
c. : the crowning of ceremonious installation of a person that is chosen as the principal in a celebration or other function or that is the winner of a contest (as a beauty contest)
the coronation of the queen of the lilac festival
the coronation of this year's Miss America
2. : a culminating act or event : an act or event that brings to completion
the victory is a coronation of all our efforts
3. : the official accession to the highest office among a group or the ceremony marking such an accession
the anniversary of the pope's coronation — Springfield (Massachusetts) Daily News
the Iowan tribe … council put off scheduling a coronation — Life