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All Royal Coronation and Consecration Rites

Rites that consecrate a ruler: the anointing of monarchs, the coronation of the British monarch, the Byzantine imperial coronation, the Vedic Rajasuya and the Egyptian Sed Festival of royal renewal. A ritual belongs here when its cited article describes the making or renewal of a king. It excludes the ordination of priests. Examples in the atlas include Anointing of Monarchs and Coronation of the British Monarch.

All Royal Coronation and Consecration Rites
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Coronation of the British monarch (Wikipedia)
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The coronation of the monarch of the United Kingdom is an initiation ceremony in which they are formally invested with regalia and crowned at Westminster Abbey.
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Rajasuya (Wikipedia)
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Rajasuya (Sanskrit: राजसूय, romanized: Rājasūya, lit. 'king's sacrifice') is a śrauta ritual of the Vedic religion.
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Sed festival (Wikipedia)
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The Sed festival (ḥb-sd, conventional pronunciation ; also known as Heb Sed or Feast of the Tail) was an ancient Egyptian ceremony that celebrated the continued rule of a pharaoh.
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