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Crowning
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- 1 Supreme; of a surpassing quality or quantity.
"It seems that now [the Devil] was driving Alison hard. She had been remiss of late — fewer souls sent to hell, less zeal in quenching the Spirit, and, above all, the crowning offense that her bairn had communicated in Christ's kirk."
- 2 Located on the top or summit.
- 1 representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment wordnet
- 2 forming or providing a crown or summit wordnet
- 1 A coronation.
"The crownings of the two successive monarchs were only a year apart."
- 2 The act of one who crowns (in various senses).
"There were outflankings and crownings of hills by numbers of thirteen and seventeen men, that made one hold one's breath."
- 3 The stage of vaginal childbirth when the infant's head remains consistently visible at the vulva.
"When your baby’s head remains visible without slipping back in, it is known as crowning."
- 1 present participle and gerund of crown form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
From Middle English crowninge, crounende, equivalent to crown + -ing.
From Middle English crowninge, crounende, equivalent to crown + -ing.
From Middle English crouninge, crounynge, coroning, coronyng, equivalent to crown + -ing.
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