Plural of throne

regular plural

The plural of throne is thrones.

Forms of throne

Then I beheld thrones and those who sat upon them, and judgment was granted to them.2003 [around 100 CE], “Chapter Twenty”, in Mark B. Arey, Philemon D. Sevastiades, transl., edited by Patra McSharry Sevastiades…. From the entry charagma
Unfortunately, these khaki governments end up creating elitism and cultship as they ascend the thrones of the various African countries.2009, Kwame Badu Antwi-Boasiako, Okyere B, Traditional Institutions and Public Administration in Democratic Africa, page 119. From the entry cultship
He was a younger son of the late Sultan, for Islamic thrones do not necessarily descend by primogeniture.1921, Walter B[urton] Harris, “The Moorish Court. I. The Accession of Mulai Abdul Aziz.”, in Morocco That Was, Edinburgh; London: Wiliam…. From the entry unseldom
For so close to life were they that one might swear the graceful bearded gods themselves sate on the ivory thrones.1920, H. P. Lovecraft, The Doom that Came to Sarnath. From the entry eikon
She began a circuit of the dining room, peering at the baronial fireplace with its andirons the size of torture racks, and heavy oak carvers like gnarled thrones.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 215. From the entry carver

noun An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
noun Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
noun The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.

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