n. The act or ceremony of investing with a crown, as a sovereign or the consort of a sovereign.n. The scene or spectacle of a coronation.n. In the Gr. Ch., the sacrament of matrimony; especially, that part of the marriage service which constitutes the nuptials, as distinguished from the preliminary office of betrothal.n. The carnation, Dianthus Caryophyllus. See carnation, 3.