Synonyms for crowning

Grammar : Adj

Spell : krou-ning

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkraʊ nɪŋ

Définition of crowning

Origin : early 12c., "royal crown," from Anglo-French coroune, Old French corone (13c., Modern French couronne), from Latin corona "crown," originally "wreath, garland," related to Greek korone "anything curved, kind of crown." Old English used corona, directly from Latin.
Extended to coins bearing the imprint of a crown (early 15c.), especially the British silver 5-shilling piece. Also monetary units in Iceland, Sweden (krona), Norway, Denmark (krone), and formerly in German Empire and Austria-Hungary (krone). Meaning "top of the skull" is from c.1300. Crown-prince is 1791, a translation of German kronprinz.

adj climactic

Example sentences :

The secret of this crowning charm was, perhaps, that she was a new sensation.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

So this, then, was the crowning reward of all his sufferings and all his love!
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

What matter how or when the crowning moment of full surrender comes?
Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous

And why not, since obedience is the crowning glory of the German mind?
Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings

He paces up and down the hall, crowning his dream with wreaths of smoke.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

Crowning all is to be a group in bronze symbolical of Discovery.
Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various

To interlace these is the crowning achievement of political science.
Extract from : « Statesman » by Plato

But before proceeding I must add a crowning word about drinking.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

My remaining in Paris is the crowning folly of a life full of follies and mistakes.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

The crowning feature of their hospitality was the banquet on Thursday night.
Extract from : « Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 » by Various

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