Day 1,684: congregation, coronation, pinchably, plump, bejewelled, crest

Elizabeth II ascended to the throne at the age of 25; when the congregation at her coronation sang “Long to reign over us” they could feel confident that she, with the pinchably plump flesh of youth, would do just that.

The crown might be bejewelled; the royal crest might sit on the press releases.

https://www.economist.crom/britain/2024/02/06/what-charles-iiis-illness-says-about-monarchs-and-mortality

Artwork of the day 
The Preaching of John Knox before the Lords of Congregation, 10 June 1559
David Wilkie
Style: Romanticism
Genre: history painting
Media: oil, canvas

Word of the day 
congregation: a group of people who have come together in a religious building for worship and prayer:
coronation: a ceremony at which a person is made king or queen:
pinchably: capable of being pinched, : to squeeze or compress painfully
plump: having a pleasantly soft, rounded body or shape:
bejewelled: wearing a lot of jewellery or decorated with precious stones:
crest: the top or highest part of something such as a wave or a hill:

Quote of the day
“This experience led me to form a hypothesis: perhaps the wisdom of birds resides, not in the individual, but in the flock, the congregation.”
― Susanna Clarke, Piranesi