Topic: HOSPITAL
| Date: | 1100-1200 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | coroner, from Latin coronare, from corona; CROWN1 |
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crown2 [transitive ]
1PGO to place a crown on the head of a new king or queen as part of an official ceremony in which they become king or queen [↪ coronation]:
Louis was crowned at Reims in 814.
Louis was crowned at Reims in 814.2 to make something perfect or complete, by adding an achievement etc
3 having something on top :
every hill is crowned with a walled village
be crowned with something
literary
every hill is crowned with a walled village4MH to put a protective top on a damaged tooth
5 informal to hit someone on the head