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Throne   /θroʊn/   Listen
noun
Throne  n.  
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." "High on a throne of royal state."
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." "To mold a mighty state's decrees, And shape the whisper of the throne."
3.
pl. A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; a meaning given by the schoolmen. "Great Sire! whom thrones celestial ceaseless sing."



verb
Throne  v. t.  (past & past part. throned; pres. part. throning)  
1.
To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
2.
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."



Throne  v. i.  To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.






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"Throne" Quotes from Famous Books



... please to step into our talk, it shall not be rejected, not magisterial, imperious, and importunate, as-it commonly is, but suffragan and docile itself; we there only seek to pass away our time; when we have a mind to be instructed and preached to, we will go seek this in its throne; please let it humble itself to us for the nonce; for, useful and profitable as it is, I imagine that, at need, we may manage well enough without it, and do our business without its assistance. A well-descended soul, and practised ...
— The Essays of Montaigne, Complete • Michel de Montaigne

... were his own, and never had a chance of becoming fruitful. There seemed to him to be a ready and an easy way to establish a free Commonwealth, but on the whole it turned out that the easiest thing to do was to invite Charles Stuart to reascend the throne of his ancestors, which he did, and ...
— Obiter Dicta - Second Series • Augustine Birrell

... a dedicatory epistle. The relation begins with the grief that comes to the city of Manila with the announcement of the sudden death (at the age of seventeen) of the prince Balthasar Carlos, heir to the throne and son of Felipe IV and Isabel of Bourbon, who had died but a short ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXXVI, 1649-1666 • Various

... labors and cares offen wimmen. And he proved it right out that it wuz every where. In the home, the little sheltered, love-guarded home of the farmer, the mechanic and the artizen (makin' special mention of the buzz sawyers). And also in the palace walls and the throne. There and every where men would fain shelter wimmen from every care, and every labor, even the lightest ...
— Samantha Among the Brethren, Complete • Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)

... Cakchiquels, who interest us at present, the regal power was equally divided between two families, the Zotzils and the Xahils; not that there were two kings at the same time, as some have supposed, but that the throne was occupied by a member of these families alternately, the head of the other being meanwhile heir-apparent.[19-1] These chiefs were called the Ahpo-Zotzil and the Ahpo-Xahil; and their eldest sons were entitled Ahpop-[c]amahay ...
— The Annals of the Cakchiquels • Daniel G. Brinton


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