Sentence examples for coronation ritual from inspiring English sources

"And, because nobody else is competing with me, I find myself as probably the person in my generation who knows more than any other about coronation ritual, going back to the ordo set by St. Dunstan, in 973".

The adoption of the crown prince by a god is often part of the coronation ritual, especially in Mesopotamia: the god declares the king as his son when he ascends the throne.

The institution of monarchy in England was gendered male, from the language of royal business to the coronation ritual itself, which involved 15 knights of the bath plunging naked into a tub and receiving a kiss on the shoulder from the king.

In the earliest English coronation ritual, dating back more than 1,000 years, the king was invested with a helmet instead of a crown, and a helmet with an ornamental frame surmounts the unwarlike head of Edward the Confessor on his great seal.

According to historical accounts, Maria Theresa won over the crowds with her Hungarian-style garb, and then pulled off without a hitch one of the most strenuous coronation rituals.

Buddhism, for instance, influenced the coronation rituals of Thailand, Cambodia and Bhutan, while Hindu elements played a significant role in Nepalese rites.

Of all European monarchies today, only the United Kingdom still retains its medieval coronation rite, though even this ritual has been altered in the last few centuries.

Contrary to expectations, there was no ritual coronation.

There are plans to use the renovated space to exhibit many of the abbey's stored treasures, including the Liber Regalis, a 14th-century book that sets out the ritual for coronation ceremonies, and the crimson velvet cope worn by the dean at the coronation of Charles II in 1661, when all the regalia and robes had to be remade on the restoration of the monarchy.

But when she goes, someone should take a serious look at the coronation and its archaic mystique and ritual.

But I appreciate it and will be back to visit the minimum of acceptable number of times.' " What came next, in which he elaborately compared his children's bedtime ritual to a "royal-coronation silver-jubilee centennial," was thrilling.