coronement
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French coronement, coronemant; equivalent to corounen + -ment.
Pronunciation
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 oblique singular, m (oblique plural coronemenz or coronementz, nominative singular coronemenz or coronementz, nominative plural coronement)
- Alternative form of coronemant
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- Middle English terms borrowed from Old French
- Middle English terms derived from Old French
- Middle English terms suffixed with -ment
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
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- enm:Hair
- enm:Headwear
- enm:Monarchy
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns