Wiktionary:Word of the day/2023/May 6

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Word of the day
for May 6
coronation n
  1. (also attributively) An act of investing with a crown; a crowning.
  2. (specifically, also attributively) An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty.
  3. (figuratively)
    1. A completion or culmination of something.
    2. A success in the face of little or no opposition.
  4. (board games, rare) In the game of checkers or draughts: the act of turning a checker into a king when it has reached the farthest row forward.

The coronation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom and Queen Camilla takes place today.

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