Enthrone

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Enthrone \En*throne"\, v. t. [Pref. en- + throne: cf. OF.
     enthroner. Cf. {Inthronize}.]
     1. To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of
        high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority
        or dignity.
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              Beneath a sculptured arch he sits enthroned. --Pope.
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              It [mercy] is enthroned in the hearts of kings.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. (Eccl.) To induct, as a bishop, into the powers and
        privileges of a vacant see.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  enthrone
       v 1: provide with power and authority; "They vested the council
            with special rights" [syn: {invest}, {vest}] [ant: {divest}]
       2: put a monarch on the throne; "The Queen was enthroned more
          than 50 years ago" [syn: {throne}] [ant: {dethrone}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "enthrone":
     aggrandize, anoint, apotheose, apotheosize, beatify, canonize,
     chair, crown, deify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, exalt, glamorize,
     glorify, immortalize, inaugurate, induct, install, instate, invest,
     lionize, magnify, make legendary, place, place in office, put in,
     raise, saint, sanctify, set up, throne, uplift