Pronunciations (7)
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/θɹəʊ̯n/
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/θɹoʊ̯n/
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- Canada
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[tɹoʊ̯n]
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/θɹəʉ̯n/
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- Australia
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/θɹɐʉ̯n/
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- New-Zealand
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/θɹon/
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/t̪ɾoːn/
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- India
Noun
An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
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He approached the throne reverently.
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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.
Before daylight, when the dragon flew home to sleep, he had burned up the hall and even the throne of the Geatish king.
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Cities will burn as you fall to your knees / I will inhale the dust of my enemies / Watch from my throne as I sit up all high / They scream as they burn / I laugh as they die
Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
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Queen Victoria sat upon the throne of England for 63 years.
The prince's newborn baby is fifth in line to the throne.
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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.
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.
The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
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Pope Joan, who once occupied the throne of the Vatican, was reputed to be the blackest sorcerer of them all.
A toilet.
Usage- euphemistic
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"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.
A kind of stool used by drummers.
A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
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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.
Verb
To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
Usage- Archaic
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To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
Usage- Archaic
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True image of the Father, whether throned / In the bosom of bliss, and light of light.
To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.
Usage- Archaic
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Noun
the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.
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the king sat on his throne
a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
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the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions
Verb
sit on the throne as a ruler
put a monarch on the throne
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The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago