THRONE
\θɹˈə͡ʊn], \θɹˈəʊn], \θ_ɹ_ˈəʊ_n]\
Definitions of THRONE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the position and power of one who occupies a throne
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the chair of state of a monarch, bishop, etc.; "the king sat on his throne"
By Princeton University
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the position and power of one who occupies a throne
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the chair of state of a monarch, bishop, etc.; "the king sat on his throne"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary.
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Hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a throne, or is invested with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified personage.
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To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
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To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
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To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.
By Oddity Software
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A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary.
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Hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a throne, or is invested with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified personage.
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To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
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To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
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To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An elevated and ornamental chair of state used by a king, emperor, or pope; the term is also applied to the seat of a bishop in his cathedral church, to the official chair of the presiding official of certain societies, or to any similar seat; as the throne of the masonic grand-master, etc.: sovereign power and dignity; also, the wielder of that power-usually with the; "Thy throne, O God, is for ever."-Ps. xlv. 6; "The throne is fixed upon a pinnacle which perpetual beams of truth and justice irradiate."-Hallam; one of an order of angels who are usually represented with double wings, supporting the throne of the Almighty in ethereal space. “The thrones, seraphim, and cherubim approximated, and were more immediately and eternally conformed to the godhead.â€-Milman. .
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To place on a royal seat; to enthrone; to place as on a throne; to set in an exalted position; to exalt. Milton.
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To sit on a throne: to sit in state as a king. "He wants nothing of a god but eternity, and a heaven to throne in."-Shak.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A royal seat raised above the level of the floor and generally covered with a canopy; a chair of state; the seat of a bishop; sovereign power and dignity.
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To place on a royal seat; to enthrone; to place in an elevated position; to exalt.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A royal seat; a raised chair of state, usually richly ornamented, and surmounted by a canopy; the seat of a bishop in his cathedral; sovereign power and dignity; the place where God pre-eminently manifests His power and glory.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
