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.
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the office or dignity of a sovereign: He came to the throne by succession.
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the occupant of a throne; sovereign.
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sovereign power or authority: to address one's pleas to the throne.
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an episcopal office or authority: the diocesan throne.
A chair occupied by an exalted personage, such as a sovereign or bishop, on state or ceremonial occasions, often situated on a dais and sometimes having a canopy and ornate decoration.
A personage who occupies a throne.
The power, dignity, or rank of such a personage; sovereignty.
thronesChristianity The third of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.
tr. & intr.v.
throned, thron·ing, thrones
To install in or occupy a throne.
[Middle English, alteration of trone, from Old French, from Latin thronus, from Greek thronos; see dher- in Indo-European roots.]
c.1240, from O.Fr. trone (12c.), from L. thronus, from Gk. thronos "elevated seat, chair, throne," from PIE base *dher- "to hold firmly, support" (cf. L. firmus "firm, steadfast, strong, stable," Skt. dharma "statute, law;" see firm (adj.)). Colloquial meaning "toilet" is recorded from 1922.
De*throne"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dethroned; p. pr. & vb. n. Dethroning.] [Pref. de- + throne: cf. F. d['e]tr[^o]ner; pref. d['e]- (L. dis-) + tr[^o]ne throne. See Throne.] To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of supreme authority and dignity. "The Protector was dethroned." --Hume.
Throne\, n. [OE. trone, F. tr[^o]ne, L. thronus, Gr. ?; cf. ? a bench, ? a footstool, ? to set one's self, to sit, Skr. dhara[.n]a supporting, dh[.r] to hold fast, carry, and E. firm, a.]1. A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary. The noble king is set up in his throne. --Chaucer. High on a throne of royal state. --Milton. 2. Hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a throne, or is invested with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified personage. Only in the throne will I be greater than thou. --Gen. xli. 40. To mold a mighty state's decrees, And shape the whisper of the throne. --Tennyson. 3. pl. A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen. --Milton. Great Sire! whom thrones celestial ceaseless sing. --Young.
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