enthrone

enthrone
    v 1: provide with power and authority; "They vested the council
         with special rights" [syn: {invest}, {vest}, {enthrone}]
         [ant: {disinvest}, {divest}]
    2: put a monarch on the throne; "The Queen was enthroned more
       than 50 years ago" [syn: {enthrone}, {throne}] [ant:
       {dethrone}]
    

Enthrone \En*throne"\, v. t. [Pref. en- + throne: cf. OF.
   enthroner. Cf. {Inthronize}.]
   1. To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of
      high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority
      or dignity.
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            Beneath a sculptured arch he sits enthroned. --Pope.
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            It [mercy] is enthroned in the hearts of kings.
                                                  --Shak.
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   2. (Eccl.) To induct, as a bishop, into the powers and
      privileges of a vacant see.
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33 Moby Thesaurus words for "enthrone":
      aggrandize, anoint, apotheose, apotheosize, beatify, canonize,
      chair, crown, deify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, exalt, glamorize,
      glorify, immortalize, inaugurate, induct, install, instate, invest,
      lionize, magnify, make legendary, place, place in office, put in,
      raise, saint, sanctify, set up, throne, uplift