inthronization

Example Sentences

• "The great feast at the inthronization of the reverend father in God, George Neavill Arch-Bishop of Yorke, Chancellour of England […]"
• "It is from this Policy of hers [the Roman Catholic Church], that all Names of Dignity and Diſtinction among Chriſtians, as Earl, Baron, Duke, Marquis, &c. had originally their Riſe as Hereditary Titles. To the ſame have been owing all the various Ceremonies of Inſtitutions and Inſtalments; and Coronations, as well as Inthronizations."
• "The year following the ſaid [William] Warham was tranſlated to Canterbury, at whoſe inthronization ſomething occurred relating to this Univerſity; which though a little out of the road, yet I ſhall adventure to remember it, and it is this. At the firſt courſe on Sunday […] dinner 9 Mar. being the day of the ſaid inthronization, was 'A Warner conveyed upon a rounde boorde, of viii panes, with viii Towres, imbattled and made with flowres, ſtandying on every towre a Bedil […] in his habit, with his ſtaffe[…]'"
• "Inthronization, in ancient times, immediately succeeded the rite of consecration; the new bishop being honourably placed in his episcopal chair by the prelates assembled for his consecration. […] It was customary for bishops to preach sermons at their inthronization, and [Joseph] Bingham has cited several instances of this practice in the fourth and fifth centuries. Symeon of Thessalonica states, that the rite of inthronization was formerly celebrated with great solemnity by all the comprovincial bishops."
• "The Inthronization. The King ascended the Theatre, accompanied by the two Bishops his Supporters, the Great Officers of State, the Lords carrying the Swords, and the Lords who had borne Their Majesties' Regalia, and was Inthroned by the Archbishops, Bishops, and the other Peers, who then stood about the steps of the Throne."
• "In fact, the possibility is not to be excluded that the inthronization of Jesus as Son of God was declared in the context of a resurrection appearance to Peter."