throne

From Middle English trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair, throne”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): [θɹəʊn]
• (US) IPA^(key): [θɹoʊn]
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): [tɹoʊn]

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• Rhymes: -əʊn
• Homophone: thrown

throne (plural thrones)

1. An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.

   He approached the throne reverently.

2. The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese.
3. (humorous) Other seats, particularly:
   1. (euphemistic) A seat used for urination or defecation, such as a chamber pot, toilet, or the seat of an outhouse.

      She's on the throne.

   2. (music) A kind of stool used by drummers.
4. (figuratively) Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.

   Elizabeth has sat upon the throne of England for six decades.

   • 1611, Bible (KJV), Genesis, 41:40:

     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.

5. (Christianity) A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV), Epistle of Paul to the Colossians, 1:16:

     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.

• (seat used for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:chamber pot, Thesaurus:toilet, and Thesaurus:bathroom

• (furniture): seat
• (order of angels): angel

throne (third-person singular simple present thrones, present participle throning, simple past and past participle throned)

1. (transitive, archaic) To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
2. (transitive, archaic) To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Milton

     True image of the Father, whether throned / In the bosom of bliss, and light of light.

3. (intransitive, archaic) To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.

• ophan

• Hornet, Rhoten, Theron, Thoren, Thorne, enhort, hornet, nother, other'n

throne

1. First-person singular present of thronen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of thronen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of thronen.
4. Imperative singular of thronen.

throne

1. vocative singular of thronus

throne

1. Alternative form of trone (“throne”)

From Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos). The h was added back to reflect the Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair, throne”).

throne m (plural thrones)

1. throne

• French: trône