enthrone

[ en-throhn ]

verb (used with object)

, en·throned, en·thron·ing.

1. to place on or as on a throne.
2. to invest with sovereign or episcopal authority.
3. to exalt.

enthrone

/ ɛnˈθrəʊn /

verb

1. to place on a throne
2. to honour or exalt
3. to assign authority to

Derived Forms

• enˈthronement, noun

Other Words From

• reen·throne verb (used with object) reenthroned reenthroning

Word History and Origins

Origin of enthrone¹

First recorded in 1600–10; en- ¹ + throne

Example Sentences

The inspector general of police “stresses that the Force leadership has heard the voice of the people clearly and is irrevocably committed to doing everything possible to address the observed ills, punish the offending officers and enthrone a people-friendly police force,” according to a statement released by the Nigerian Police Force’s public relations department.

From Los Angeles Times

If the family cannot agree, members of the defence council and the chairmen of the Supreme Court, the Consultative Council and the State Council will open a sealed envelope in which Qaboos secretly recorded his choice and enthrone that person.

From BBC

Should they fail to reach an agreement, the nation’s defence council, the head of the supreme court and the heads of the two chambers of the consultative council would together open the first envelope containing Qaboos’s choice and then enthrone the person he designated.

From The Guardian

It is ironic that the evidence-based-medicine movement, which has done so much to enthrone the randomized clinical trial as a principled and cautious way of establishing causation across populations, consistently fails to establish causation in the context of personalized medicine.

From Nature

Ngugi does not wish to enthrone his experience as unique.

From New York Times

Related Words

• adopt
• establish
• install