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Dethronement meaning
Removal from a superior place in a hierarchy.
Synonyms of Dethronement
Example sentences (13)
Koli had unabashedly condemned the growing trend in parts of the North, whereby threats of dethronement are now the order of the day.
The military administrator of Sokoto at the time, Yakubu Muazu called the Dasuki into his office and informed him of his dethronement.
The repeal paved the way for the reinstatement of Sanusi and the dethronement of Bayero.
This led many people to believe that the dethronement of the former Central Bank of Nigeria governor was politically motivated and, therefore, should be rescinded.
Already, Sanusi’s supporters and political allies have accused President Muhammadu Buhari of masterminding the dethronement and banishment of the former Emir.
Prior to his dethronement and banishment from the land of his ancestors, Sanusi had had quite a bit of torrid relationship with the Kano state government.
Princewill said the suspension of the announcement of election results in the state will stop the dethronement of the Wike as the Governor of the state.
Nigerians would easily recall the dethronement of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki by the Abacha military junta.
Similarly, after her dethronement from power, Joyce Mujuru, met the farmer whom her family dispossessed of land to arrange compensation.
After God's dethronement as the subject of history, the question rebounds to the new subject of history: the human being.
Dethronement In view of his troubles in Bohemia, Wenceslaus did not seek a coronation ceremony as Holy Roman Emperor and was long absent from the German lands.
There is a striking analogy between matter and mind, and the present disorganization of society warns us that in the dethronement of woman we have let loose the elements of violence and ruin that she only has the power to curb.
They legitimized their rule by invoking the " Mandate of Heaven ", the notion that the ruler (the " Son of Heaven ") governed by divine right and that his dethronement would prove that he had lost the Mandate.