Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Coronation \Cor`o*na"tion\ (k?r`?-n?"sh?n), n. [See {Coronate}.]
   1. The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of
      investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his
      succeeding to the sovereignty.

   2. The pomp or assembly at a coronation. --Pope.

Source : WordNet®

coronation
     n : the ceremony of installing a new monarch [syn: {enthronement},
          {enthronization}, {enthronisation}, {investiture}]