[throhn] 
noun, verb, throned, thron⋅ing.| 1. | 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. |
| 2. | the office or dignity of a sovereign: He came to the throne by succession. |
| 3. | the occupant of a throne; sovereign. |
| 4. | sovereign power or authority: to address one's pleas to the throne. |
| 5. | an episcopal office or authority: the diocesan throne. |
| 6. | mourner's bench. |
| 7. | thrones, an order of angels. Compare angel (def. 1). |
| 8. | Facetious. a toilet. |
| 9. | to sit on or as on a throne. |
