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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
Popes wield such power that they can speak ex cathedra — literally, from the papal throne — to make infallible pronouncements on morality that the faithful must obey.
Princess Beatrice, who is ninth in line to the throne, is the eldest daughter of the Duke of York and Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York.
Dave Roberts officially became Dodger royalty Monday when he agreed to a contract extension that makes him the richest manager in baseball and the rightful heir to the most coveted sports throne in Los Angeles.
Before he came to the throne, the then Prince Charles had been challenged over whether he could avoid meddling and stay out of politics when he became King.
The monarch - who grew up in neighbouring Eswatini, studied in the US and came to the throne in 2021 - seems to court controversy.
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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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