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Meanings of crowning in English
Ceremony marking the formal investiture of a monarch and/or their consort with regal power.
Usage of crowning in English
1
Into deeper aberration it cannot lead him; this is the crowning error.
2
This year marks the fifth anniversary of the King's crowning in 2006.
3
But the crowning glory in the near landscape were the fruit trees.
4
In many ways, the deal is a crowning moment for Morgan Stanley.
5
The citadel would be his crowning achievement, his true legacy for history.
6
But of course, the crowning achievement for this planet to-date is humankind.
7
The crowning instance of the spirit of the Bodyguard was now given.
8
The disappearance of the corpse had startled her as the crowning misfortune.
9
It is enclosed in a mosque, crowning the top of a hill.
10
The conversion of Tartary would be the crowning glory of Catholic Spain.
11
From the forts and redoubts crowning every surrounding hill issued the thunder.
12
That was the crowning offence, and the feeding process began at once.
13
A cupola crowning a corner tower; an interesting example of decorative fortification.
14
The beauty of his life was the crowning tribute to his mother.
15
But the crowning event of the evening was a still greater surprise.
16
This was the crowning effort of the Pittsburgh mill-workers to obtain improvement.
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Translations for crowning
Portuguese
Catalan
Crowning through the time
Crowning across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common