throne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [θɹəʊn]
ipa: [θɹoʊn]
note: th-stopping
ipa: [tɹoʊn]
rhymes: -əʊn
homophone: thrown
Forms: form: thrones
Etymology: From Middle English trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair, throne”). Superseded earlier seld (“seat, throne”).
Senses: examples: text: He approached the throne reverently.
text: 9 After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could nūber, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, & tongues, stood before the throne, & before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palmes in their hands:
10 And cryed with a loude voice, saying, Saluation to our God, which sitteth vpon the Throne, and vnto the Lambe.
11 And all the Angels stood round about the Throne, and about the Elders, and the foure beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glorie, and wisedome, and thankesgiuing, and honour, & power, and might be vnto our God for euer & euer, Amen.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 7:9–12:
text: Before daylight, when the dragon flew home to sleep, he had burned up the hall and even the throne of the Geatish king.
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 41:
glosses: An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
examples: text: Queen Victoria sat upon the throne of England for 63 years.
text: The prince's newborn baby is fifth in line to the throne.
text: Thou shalt be ouer my house, and according vnto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater then thou.
ref: 1611, Bible (KJV), Genesis, 41:40
text: Stephen reigned from 1135-1154, that nasty period of our history dubbed 'The Anarchy', when forces loyal to Stephen contested the throne with those of Henry I's daughter Matilda, who by rights should have been queen. Stephen, her cousin, plonked his own posterior on the throne.
ref: 2023 December 27, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: the way to Weymouth”, in RAIL, number 999, page 52:
glosses: Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
examples: text: Pope Joan, who once occupied the throne of the Vatican, was reputed to be the blackest sorcerer of them all.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 105:
synonyms: cathedra
glosses: The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
examples: text: "If she has intestinal flu, you probably called while she was on the throne and she didn't want to admit it," Alan said dryly.
ref: 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:
glosses: A toilet.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A kind of stool used by drummers.
examples: text: For by him were all things created that are in heauen, and that are in earth, visible and inuisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.
ref: 1611, Bible (KJV), Epistle of Paul to the Colossians, 1:16
topics: Christianity
glosses: A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
Synonyms: sense: seat used for urination and defecation
word: chamber pot
word: toilet
word: and Thesaurus:bathroom
Hypernyms: topics: furniture
lifestyle
word: seat
sense: order of angels
word: angel
Derived terms: chicken throne
dethrone
enthrone
power behind the throne
speech from the throne
thronal
throne name
throne room
throneship
throne sniffer
throne speech
throne village
throneward