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Coronare

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In old records. To give the tonsure, which was done on the crown, or in the form of a crown; to make a man a priest. Cowell.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To crown; to make one a priest.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In old records. To give the tonsure, which was done on the crown or in the form of a crown; to make a man a priest. Cowell.

Coronare filium. To make one's son a priest. Homo coronatus was one who had received the first tonsure, as preparatory to superior orders, and the tonsure was in form of a corona, or crown of thorns. Cowell.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In old records. To give the tonsure, which was done on the crewn, or in the form of a crown; to make a man a priest. Cowell.