verb (used with object), en·throned, en·thron·ing.
- to place on or as on a throne.
- to invest with sovereign or episcopal authority.
- to exalt.
verb
- to place on a throne
- to honour or exalt
- to assign authority to
c.1600, from en- (1) + throne. Replacing enthronize (late 14c.), from Old French introniser (13c.), from Late Latin inthronizare, from Greek enthronizein, from en “in” (see en- (2)) + thronos “throne” (see throne). Related: Enthroned; enthroning.