enthronement

enthronement
/en throhn"meuhnt/, n.
1. the act of enthroning.
2. the state or occasion of being enthroned.
Also, enthronization /en throh'neuh zay"sheuhn/.
[1675-85; ENTHRONE + -MENT]

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