All 3 Uses of
coronation
in
War and Peace
- "And what do you think of this latest comedy, the coronation at Milan?" asked Anna Pavlovna, "and of the comedy of the people of Genoa and Lucca laying their petitions before Monsieur Buonaparte, and Monsieur Buonaparte sitting on a throne and granting the petitions of the nations?†
Chpt 1
- Today was a great day for him—the anniversary of his coronation.†
Chpt 3 *
- Then suddenly, as if remembering his royal dignity, Murat solemnly drew himself up, assumed the pose in which he had stood at his coronation, and, waving his right arm, said: "I won't detain you longer, General.†
Chpt 9
Definition:
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(coronation) a ceremony of installing a new monarch (new king or queen)