throne
noun
- seat of state
verb
- to enthrone, place on seat of throne
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /θɹəʊn/ / [θɹəʊn] / /θɹoʊn/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair, throne”). Superseded earlier seld (“seat, throne”).
- 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 hands: 10 And cryed with a loude voice, saying, Saluation to our God, which sitteth vpon the Throne, and vnto the Lambe. 11 And all the Angels stood round about the Throne, and about the Elders, and the foure beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glorie, and wisedome, and thankesgiuing, and honour, & power, and might be vnto our God for euer & euer, Amen.”
- 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.”
- 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.”
- 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.”
- A kind of stool used by drummers.
- 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.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair, throne”). Superseded earlier seld (“seat, throne”).
- To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
- 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.”
- To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.