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- The boy said before sailing that he looked forward with great interest to witnessing the coronation processions.
- And as for the coronation of a monarch, it is a ceremony which revolves around the hereditary peerage.
- You'll see his coronation outfits and even souvenirs from the coronation that never happened.
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coronation
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coronation
ceremony whereby a sovereign is inaugurated into office by receiving upon his or her head the crown, which is the chief symbol of regal authority. From earliest historical times a king, queen, or chieftain was inaugurated by some public ceremony; the sovereign might be raised upon a shield, presented with a spear, or invested with a distinctive robe or headdress. When Europe became Christianized in the Middle Ages, some of these older customs were grafted onto a religious service derived from Old Testament descriptions of the anointing and crowning of Saul and other Israelite kings. In the typical Christian coronation service, the sovereign is anointed with holy oil and receives the crown and other royal insignia from the clergy.
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