as in to elevate
to assign a high status or value to
the literary world has enthroned Shakespeare for so long that his preeminence among writers seems unassailable
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Recent Examples of enthrone
Hierarchies in art, with painting and sculpture enthroned at the top, don’t make sense either.
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Holland Cotter, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
For the proclamation ceremony enthroning Japan's Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo, Japan of Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Crown Princess Victoria showed up in full formal dress—in Victoria's case, an elegant, bright purple outfit with a matching hat.
—Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 13 Aug. 2023
Charles was the 40th sovereign to be enthroned in the abbey -- and, at 74, the oldest.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 7 May 2023
Following this ceremony for King Charles, Queen Camilla will be anointed, given the Consort's Ring, crowned with Queen Mary's Crown, given the Rod & Sceptre, and finally, enthroned alongside Charles.
—Town & Country, 7 May 2023
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Holland Cotter, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
For the proclamation ceremony enthroning Japan's Emperor Naruhito in Tokyo, Japan of Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Crown Princess Victoria showed up in full formal dress—in Victoria's case, an elegant, bright purple outfit with a matching hat.
—Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 13 Aug. 2023
Charles was the 40th sovereign to be enthroned in the abbey -- and, at 74, the oldest.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 7 May 2023
Following this ceremony for King Charles, Queen Camilla will be anointed, given the Consort's Ring, crowned with Queen Mary's Crown, given the Rod & Sceptre, and finally, enthroned alongside Charles.
—Town & Country, 7 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enthrone
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In the past two elections, however, Chicago voters elevated amateurs to the mayor’s office, with no management experience and minor political histories.—
Forrest Claypool,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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The Hundred Lie on your back with your legs lifted into tabletop position, your head and shoulders elevated off the floor, and both arms reaching forward, parallel to the floor.—
Sohaib Imtiaz,
Verywell Health,
14 Mar. 2025
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Infielder David Villar was promoted from Triple-A Sacramento to take his place.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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While the lack of ventilation can provide just the opposite effect, keeping the shower curtain closed promotes a more even drying process for the liner.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
18 Apr. 2025
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Here, the director of some of the most voluble of all films exalts immediate experience and rarefied perception to grand historical dimensions—Oliveira condenses a lifetime of artistic striving into infinitesimal flourishes of overwhelming power.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2025
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In exalting above all other concerns his personal conception of the institutional integrity of the Supreme Court, and by extension the entire judiciary, Roberts has ironically done more than anyone else to delegitimize the courts.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Enthrone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enthrone. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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