thronenoun/θɹəʊ̯n/

• 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.
  • 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.
• 2

  Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.

  • Queen Victoria sat upon the throne of England for 63 years.
  • The prince's newborn baby is fifth in line to the throne.
• 3

  The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.

  • Pope Joan, who once occupied the throne of the Vatican, was reputed to be the blackest sorcerer of them all.
• 4

  A toilet.

  • "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.
• 5

  entertainmentlifestylemusicA kind of stool used by drummers.

• 6

  ChristianityA member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.

  • 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.

throneverb/θɹəʊ̯n/

• 1

  archaicTo place on a royal seat; to enthrone.

• 2

  archaicTo place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.

  • True image of the Father, whether throned / In the bosom of bliss, and light of light.
• 3

  archaicTo be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.