Middle English Dictionary Entry
coronāciǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | coronāciǒun n. Also coren-. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The crowning (of a sovereign or his consort); also, the powers conferred by this ceremony; (b) fig. of the Virgin Mary; (c) the placing of the 'crown of thorns' on Christ's head.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400 Brut-1333 (Rwl B.171)149/20 : Þe coronacioun of Kyng Henry.
- c1425 Liber de Hyda in RS 4555 : The tyme of Ethelbyrt kyngys coronacion.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.3374 : Þe coronacioun Of..Herry þe Fyfþe, þe noble worþi kyng.
- c1425 WBible(2) Prol.2 Kings (Qu-O 387)90 : This secounde book of Kingis makith mencioun of the coronacioun of Dauith.
- ?1435 Lond.Chron.Jul.(Jul B.2)46 : The coronacion off the kynge shulde ben at Westm'..all thoo that wolde or owyn fforto chalenge eny service to do in that coronacion [etc.].
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)93 : Corownynge or coronacyon: Coronacio.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)19438 : The coronaciown of kyng Arthowr.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)2519 : A kyng is by couenant Of ooth maad in his coronacioun Bounde to iustices sauuacioun.
- c1450(c1425) Brut-1419 (Cmb Kk.1.12)351/11 : Sche was crouned Quene of Engelonde..and þere was holde..a ryall Fest after hir coronacion.
- (1461) Paston (Gairdner)3.276 : The Kyng..chaunged his day of Coronacion to be upon the Sunday nexst after Seynt John Baptyste.
- (a1464) Capgr.Chron.(Cmb Gg.4.12)144 : The Kyng comaunded that there schuld no Jew com in the Cherch in tyme of his coronacion.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)7.41 : In the day of his coronacion.
- 1485(a1470) Malory Wks.(Caxton:Vinaver)16/21 : Anon was the coronacyon made, and ther was he sworne unto his lordes and the comyns for to be a true kyng to stand with true justyce fro thens forth..Also thenne he made alle lordes that helde of the croune to come in and to do servyce as they oughte to doo.
- a1486(a1460) Coron.Kings Eng.in Archaeol.57 (Mrg M 775)47 : The maner and the forme of the Coronacion of kyngis and Quenes in Engelonde.
- a1486(a1460) Coron.Kings Eng.in Archaeol.57 (Mrg M 775)51 : It is to wite that the coronacion of the quene ther schall be made eke a procession. And yf she be crownid with the kynge, than schall she be anoyntid only in the toppe of the heed.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)105/14 : We wolde that his sacringe and coronacion be respite to Penticoste.
- a1500(a1471) Ashby APP (Cmb Mm.4.42)419 : If ye wol be Kyng..of any Region, Ye must subdewe..Euery persoune, withoute submission, Pretendyng right to your coronacion.
- a1600(1472) Rec.Bluemantle (Jul C.6)379 : The Bishop of Rochester, which song hyh masse the same day of coronacion, sat at the Kings borde on the right hand.
b
- c1450 Myldeste of moode (BodR 22)35 : They alle three..haue chosy the..quene for to be Of heyvyn and erthe, wos coronacione wes thy fyrste [read: fyffte] ioy.
c
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)50/8 : vij blodes Crist He bled..Þe þred in His flagellacion, Þe fourþ in His coronacion.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500(?1451) Poem Waynflete (Add 60577)44 : Be gladde than, my lorde, in vertue for to sprede..And as ye haue bygune sparythe not to procede, For oonly perseueraunce deseruethe coronacyoun.
Note: New sense.
Note: Gloss: Fig. of a virtuous person: rewarding with honor, bliss, or eternal life.--notes per MLL