crowning

[ krou-ning ]

adjective

1. representing a level of surpassing achievement, attainment, etc.; supreme:

   crowning accomplishment.

2. forming or providing a crown, crow, crown, top, or summit:

   a crowning star on a Christmas tree.

crowning

/ ˈkraʊnɪŋ /

noun

1. obstetrics the stage of labour when the infant's head is passing through the vaginal opening

Word History and Origins

Origin of crowning¹

crown + -ing ²

Example Sentences

The necklace was previously worn by the Marquess of Anglesey at Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953, and it was also worn 16 years earlier at King George VI's crowning.

From BBC

For some other social media users, Krasinski’s crowning also proved divisive.

From Los Angeles Times

And if everything else I know of him were not enough, Chef Warren Leruth invented the masterpiece that is Oyster Artichoke Soup, though he called it Potage LeRuth, and for me that is a crowning jewel of his most esteemed accomplishments.

From Salon

She also highlighted the unexpected pop banger, Drone: Nodrone - one of Mary’s picks - as the album’s “crowning glory”.

From BBC

But after it became clear the stadium needed a refresh in the 1970s, new owner George Steinbrenner delivered a characteristically heavy-handed renovation, bringing the park up to modern standards but replacing some of its classic design elements, such as the stately entrance and crowning frieze, with awkward, utilitarian elements like a spiral entry ramp and a smaller, clunkier frieze in the outfield.

From Los Angeles Times