enthroned
past simple and past participle ofenthrone
enthrone
verb
uk/ɪnˈθrəʊn/us/ɪnˈθroʊn/[T]formal
to put aking,queen, etc. through theceremonyofsittingon athrone(=chairused inceremonies)inordertomarktheofficialbeginningoftheirperiodinpower
[Toften passive]humorous
to bepositionedsomewherewhere youlookorfeelimportant:
Shesatin thediningroom, enthronedonanoldhigh-backedchair.
Ceremonies
- anti-ritualism
- cavalcade
- ceremonial
- ceremonially
- ceremony
- hara-kiri
- induction
- initiate
- installation
- investiture
- knight
- master of ceremonies
- memorial service
- pageant
- ribbon cutting
- rite of passage
- ritual
- ritualistic
- ritualistically
- troop
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Praising and applauding
Promoting staff
Examplesofenthroned
enthroned
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
When culture is degraded and vulgarityenthroned, when the social system does not build security but induces peril, inexorably the individual is impelled to pull away from a soulless society.
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The large majority of theenthronedfigurines do not have the legs that should be dangling down if the figure was a living human seated on a throne.
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I have looked up the massive tome in which they areenthroned.
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The whole thing is left out and the middle men in the industry are leftenthroned.
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The applied scientist, the technocrat, the manager areenthroned.
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You can touch the benefits of the poor people, you can make them suffer more and more, but mammon must still beenthroned.
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In addition, it is a land where private enterprise isenthroned, and the airlines are run entirely on a private enterprise basis.
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When you haveenthronedjustice, you may open the door to love.
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But if we went under wrong would triumph and brutality would beenthroned.
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But she held an even more exalted position as one who wasenthronedin the hearts of the people.
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The men who used to be so long ago are stillenthronedupon the powers of landlordism.
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To-day natural science isenthronedand powerful.
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We have there reaction doublyenthroned.
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Their selfish and venal leaders would no longer beenthronedin overseeing positions over the country's destinies.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The couple made an altar in their house andenthronedthe image there.
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