8. A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn
occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona
lucis. Fairholt.
9. (Mus.) A character [&pause] called the pause or hold.
Coronach
(Cor"o*nach) n. See Coranach.
Coronal
(Cor"o*nal) (k?r"?-nal or, esp. in science, k?-r?"nal; 277), a. [L. coronalis: cf. F. coronal.]
1. Of or pertaining to a corona (in any of the senses).
The coronal light during the eclipse is faint.
Abney.
2. Of or pertaining to a king's crown, or coronation.
The law and his coronal oath require his undeniable assent to what laws the Parliament agree upon.
Milton.
3. Of or pertaining to the top of the head or skull.
4. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the shell of a sea urchin.
Coronal suture (Anat.), a suture extending across the skull between the parietal and frontal bones; the
fronto-parietal suture.
Coronal
(Cor"o*nal), n.
1. A crown; wreath; garland. Spenser.
2. The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronæ or garlands. Hooper.
Coronamen
(Cor`o*na"men) n. [L., a crowning.] (Zoöl.) The upper margin of a hoof; a coronet.
Coronary
(Cor"o*na*ry) a. [L. coronarius: cf. F. coronaire.]
1. Of or pertaining to a crown; forming, or adapted to form, a crown or garland. "Coronary thorns." Bp.
Pearson.
The catalogue of coronary plants is not large in Theophrastus.
Sir T. Browne.
2. (Anat.) Resembling, or situated like, a crown or circlet; as, the coronary arteries and veins of the
heart.
Coronary
(Cor"o*na*ry), n. A small bone in the foot of a horse.
Coronate
(Cor"o*nate Cor"o*na`ted) (- n?`t?ed), a. [L. coronatus, p. p. of coronare to crown, fr. corona.
See Crown.]
1. Having or wearing a crown.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished; — said of birds. (b)
Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines; — said of spiral shells.
3. (Biol.) Having a crest or a crownlike appendage.
Coronation
(Cor`o*na"tion) n. [See Coronate.]
