enthrone Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb provide with power and authority
invest; vest.
- They vested the council with special rights
verb put a monarch on the throne
throne.
- The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago

Pref. en- + throne: cf. OF. enthroner. Cf. Inthronize.

To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity.
Beneath a sculptured arch he sits enthroned. Pope.

It [mercy] is enthroned in the hearts of kings. Shak.
(Eccl.) To induct, as a bishop, into the powers and privileges of a vacant see.