throne

Meanings

Noun

• An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
• Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
• The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
• Other seats, particularly:
• A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.

Verb

• To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
• To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
• To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.

Related

Broader meaning words

• seat
• angel

Origin

• From Middle English trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος.