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

1. A crowning or installation as monarch.
2. (rare) The period when a monarch rules.
3. (rare) The placing of a wreath or halo on one's head.
4. (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.

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Old French

Noun

coronement oblique singular, m (oblique plural coronemenz or coronementz, nominative singular coronemenz or coronementz, nominative plural coronement)

1. Alternative form of coronemant