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throne
[ throhn ]
noun
- the chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy.
- the office or dignity of a sovereign:
He came to the throne by succession.
- the occupant of a throne; sovereign.
- sovereign power or authority:
to address one's pleas to the throne.
- an episcopal office or authority:
the diocesan throne.
- thrones, an order of angels. Compare angel ( def 1 ).
- Facetious. a toilet.
verb (used with or without object)
- to sit on or as on a throne.
throne
/ θəʊ /
noun
- the ceremonial seat occupied by a monarch, bishop, etc on occasions of state
- the power, duties, or rank ascribed to a royal person
- a person holding royal rank
- plural; often capital the third of the nine orders into which the angels are traditionally divided in medieval angelology
verb
- to place or be placed on a throne
Derived Forms
- ˈٳDzԱ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ٳDzԱl adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of throne1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of throne1
Idioms and Phrases
see power behind the throne .Example Sentences
Prince Louis, the King's grandson, is fourth in line in succession to the throne.
He received his cardinals informally and standing - rather than seated on the papal throne.
In announcing Salah's new deal, Liverpool posted a picture of the player - who is nicknamed the 'Egyptian King' - sat on a throne on the Anfield pitch with the caption 'more in than out'.
As other HBO titles show us, claiming the throne ends one battle and ignites the war to keep it.
Charles Edward Stuart, better known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, led a rising in 1745 to win back the thrones of Britain for his father, the exiled James VIII.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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