Throne
noun
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.
mourners’ bench.
7.
thrones, an order of angels.
Compare angel (def 1).
8.
Facetious. a toilet.
verb (used with or without object), throned, throning.
9.
to sit on or as on a throne.
noun
1.
the ceremonial seat occupied by a monarch, bishop, etc on occasions of state
2.
the power, duties, or rank ascribed to a royal person
3.
a person holding royal rank
4.
(pl; often capital) the third of the nine orders into which the angels are traditionally divided in medieval angelology
verb
5.
to place or be placed on a throne
throat
(Heb. kiss’e), a royal chair or seat of dignity (Deut. 17:18; 2 Sam. 7:13; Ps. 45:6); an elevated seat with a canopy and hangings, which cover it. It denotes the seat of the high priest in 1 Sam. 1:9; 4:13, and of a provincial governor in Neh. 3:7 and Ps. 122:5. The throne of Solomon is described at length in 1 Kings 10:18-20.
see: power behind the throne
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