ENTHRONE


Meaning of ENTHRONE in English

ə̇nˈthrōn, en- transitive verb

Etymology: en- (I) + throne (n.)

1.

a. : to seat on a throne : exalt to the seat of royalty or high authority

enthrone a king

specifically : to install a high ecclesiastic in office

b. : to seat in a place associated with some position of authority or influence

enthroned at the end of the table as moderator of the evening — Louis Auchincloss

c. : to seat on a high object or in a high commanding place

old salts … enthroned on mackerel barrels — Van Wyck Brooks

prompters are enthroned in the loft — American Guide Series: Connecticut

2. : to assign supreme virtue or value to : exalt

the frontiersman enthroned work as a god and worshiped it — W.P.Webb

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.