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The pomp or assembly at a coronation. Pope.

The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept. Shipley.

iberty. -- Cap of maintenance, a cap of state carried before the kings of England at the coronation. It is also carried before the mayors of some cities. -- Cap money, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the death of the fox. -- Cap paper. (a) A kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolsap, and legal c…

amberlain of England, an officer of the crown, who waits upon the sovereign on the day of coronation, and provides requisites for the palace of Westminster, and for the House of Lords during the session of Parliament. Under him are the gentleman of the black rod and other officers. His office is distinct from that of t…

Of or pertaining to a king's crown, or coronation. The law and his coronal oath require his undeniable assent to what laws the Parliament agree upon. Milton.

The pointless sword carried before English monarchs at their coronation, and emblematically considered as the sword of mercy; -- also called the sword of Edward the Confessor.

A robe worn on state ocasions, as by English kings at their coronation.

minal; as, to die on the scaffold. That a scaffold of execution should grow a scaffold of coronation. Sir P. Sidney.

A bull issued by a pope in the period between his election and coronation.

y, the first officer of the crown; afterward, an officer occasionally appointed, as for a coronation, or upon the trial of a peer. [Eng.]

To entice. [Obs.] The Coronation.

To show openly; to disclose; to reveal. "To uncover his perjury to the oath of his coronation." Milton.

Suppressed or concealed mirth. [Obs.] The Coronation.

To disclose, as a secret. [Obs.] The Coronation.