Coronation, N.: The Ceremony Of Investing A Sovereign With The Outward And Visible Signs Of His Divine Right To Be Blown Skyhigh With A Dynamite Bomb.

HomeFortune CookiesMiscellaneous Collections

Coronation, n.:
The ceremony of investing a sovereign with the outward and
visible signs of his divine right to be blown skyhigh with a
dynamite bomb.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

Related: