verb
- to place on a throne; to install in a position of authority or honor
- to give a position of great importance or reverence to something
Usage: formal
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The ceremony enthrones the new king at dawn.
- Parliament enthrones the monarch in a traditional ritual.
- The constitution enthrones individual rights as supreme.
- Society often enthrones wealth above virtue.
- The new policy enthrones efficiency over compassion.
- History enthrones certain leaders as heroes.