corounen

Middle English

/kuˈruːnən/

verb
Definitions
  • To put a crown on one's head (often as a symbol of power or might):
  • To instill or cause a condition, feeling or mental state; to grant.
  • To let or allow into a monastic community or grouping.
  • (theology) To raise a virtuous people to Heaven.
  • (Christianity) To install a high ecclesiastical figure.
  • (rare) To wear a crown; to have a crown on one's head.
  • (rare) To grant an influential office or duty.
  • (rare) To have a specified kind of flower.
  • (rare) To put the top portion of a brick wall on.
  • (rare) To glorify or recognise.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French coroner derived from Latin corōnō affix from Middle English coroune.

Origin

Middle English

coroune

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