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Answer for the clue "The ceremony of installing a new monarch ", 12 letters:
enthronement

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of enthrone or the state of being enthroned

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Enthronement \En*throne"ment\, n. The act of enthroning, or state of being enthroned. [Recent]

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the ceremony of installing a new monarch [syn: coronation , enthronization , enthronisation , investiture ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
An enthronement is a ceremony of inauguration , involving a person—usually a monarch or religious leader—being formally seated for the first time upon their throne . This ritual is generally distinguished from a coronation because there is no crown or other ...

Usage examples of enthronement.

The enthronement would be the last state ceremony for months, the last time the new imperor would appear in public.

A couple of bedsheets might have sufficed, but his new landlady was impressed to learn that her boarder was invited to the enthronement, and she had a nephew in the drapery business.

Ever since the enthronement of the goddess Ishtar in her temple, in fact.

Since the arrival of Ishtar and her enthronement in the temple, Kish had changed - for the worse.