throne

An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.

Noun

  1. An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
    • He approached the throne reverently.
    • 9 After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could nūber, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, & tongues, stood before the throne, & before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palmes in their...
    • Before daylight, when the dragon flew home to sleep, he had burned up the hall and even the throne of the Geatish king. - 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library,...
  2. Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
    • Queen Victoria sat upon the throne of England for 63 years.
    • The prince's newborn baby is fifth in line to the throne.
    • Thou shalt be ouer my house, and according vnto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater then thou. - 1611, Bible (KJV), Genesis, 41:40
  3. The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
    • Pope Joan, who once occupied the throne of the Vatican, was reputed to be the blackest sorcerer of them all. - 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 105:

    Synonyms: cathedra

  4. A toilet.
    • "If she has intestinal flu, you probably called while she was on the throne and she didn't want to admit it," Alan said dryly. - 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:
  5. A kind of stool used by drummers.
  6. A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
    • For by him were all things created that are in heauen, and that are in earth, visible and inuisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him. -...

Origin

From Middle English trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair, throne”). Superseded earlier seld (“seat, throne”).

Forms

thrones

Synonyms

chair of state chamber pot toilet and Thesaurus:bathroom

Hypernyms

seat angel

Derived

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Verb

  1. To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
  2. To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
    • True image of the Father, whether throned / In the bosom of bliss, and light of light. - 1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […]...
  3. To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.

Forms

thrones throning throned

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