Noun
- 1. coronation, enthronement, enthronization, enthronisation, investiture, initiation, induction, installation
- usage: the ceremony of installing a new monarch
- 2. investment, investiture, promotion
- usage: the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank
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