coronement
Middle English
Alternative forms
- crounement, crownement, corownement, corounement, coronomente, cronement, coronument
Etymology
From Old French coronement, coronemant; equivalent to corounen + -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈruːn(ə)mɛnt/, /ˈkruːn(ə)mɛnt/, /ˈkurun(ə)mɛnt/
Noun
coronement
- A crowning or installation as monarch.
- (rare) The period when a monarch rules.
- (rare) The placing of a wreath or halo on one's head.
- (rare) The shaving of a monk's head.
Descendants
- English: crownment
References
- “corǒunement, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-20.
Old French
Noun
coronement m (oblique plural coronemenz or coronementz, nominative singular coronemenz or coronementz, nominative plural coronement)
- Alternative form of coronemant