throne
UK/θɹəʊ̯n//θɹoʊ̯n/
throne noun: an impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
Noun
throne (plural thrones)
- 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...1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 7:9–12, signature [Z6], verso, column 2
- Synonyms:
- chair of state
- 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.
- 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.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 105
- Synonyms:
- cathedra
- 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.1991 October, Stephen King, Needful Things, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 169
- Synonyms:
- can, chamber, chamber pot, chemical toilet, commode, Cousin John, crapper, gazunder, guzunder, honey bucket
- A kind of stool used by drummers.
- A 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Colossians 1:16–16, signature [T4], recto, column 2
Verb
throne (third-person singular simple present thrones, present participle throning, simple past and past participle throned)
- To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
- To 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.1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 4
- To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.
throne meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
throne in Hindi
- ornate seat
- सिंहासन sĩhāsan, राजसिंहासन rājsĩhāsan, राजगद्दी rājgaddī, तख़्त taxt, तख्त takht, औरंग auraṅg
throne in Tamil
- சிம்மாசனம், அரசு கட்டில், அரியணை, அரியாசனம்
throne in Marathi
- सिंहासन
throne in Urdu
- ornate seat
- تَخْت taxt, اَورَن٘گ auraṅg
More languagesFewer languages
- throne in Bengali
- সিংহাসন śiṅhaśon
- throne in Telugu
- సింహాసనము siṁhāsanamu, కంఠీరవాసనము kaṇṭhīravāsanamu
- throne in Malayalam
- സിംഹാസനം
- throne in Kannada
- ಗದ್ದುಗೆ gadduge
- throne in Punjabi
- تخت taxt, اورنگ aurang, ਸਿੰਘਾਸਣ siṅghāsaṇ, ਤਖ਼ਤ taxat
- throne in Gujarati
- સિંહાસન sĩhāsan
- throne in Odia
- ସିଂହାସନ, ସିଂହାସନ୍
- throne in Sanskrit
- सिंहासन siṃhāsana
- throne in Nepali
- गडी gaḍī
- throne in Pashto
- پلاز plâz, تخت taxt
- throne in Arabic
- عَرْش ʕarš, كُرْسِيّ kursiyy, تَخْت taḵt, سَرِير sarīr
- throne in Malay
- singgahsana, takhta
- throne in Indonesian
- singgasana, takhta
- throne in Thai
- บัลลังก์ ban-lang
- throne in Vietnamese
- ngai, ngai vàng
- throne in Myanmar
- ပလ္လင် pallang
Examples of throne in a sentence
- Before daylight, when the dragon flew home to sleep, he had burned up the hall and even the throne of the Geatish king.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 41:
- 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 die2014, “Send Help”, in Coma Witch, performed by The Acacia Strain and Max Cavalera:
- 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 41:40–40, signature [D5], verso, column 2:
- Stephen, her cousin, plonked his own posterior on the throne.2023 December 27, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: the way to Weymouth”, in RAIL, number 999, page 52:
Synonyms of throne
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of throne
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | thrones |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | thrones |
| present participle | throning |
| past participle | throned |
| past | throned |
Origin of throne
Inherited from Middle English trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “a seat, chair”). Superseded earlier seld (“seat, throne”).
Words formed from throne
- chicken on a throne
- chicken throne
- dethrone
- disthrone
- enthrone
- inthrone
- inthronize
- porcelain throne
- power behind the throne
- rethrone
- speech from the throne
- thronal
- thronedom
- throneless
- thronelet
- thronelike
- throne name
- Throne of Wisdom
- throne room
- throneroom
- throneship
- Thronesiverse
- throne sniffer
- throne speech
- Thronesverse
- Throneverse
- throne village
- throneward
- thronewards
- throneworld
- Thronie
- thronize
- unthrone
Phrases with throne
Words that rhyme with throne
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- moan
- atone
- clone
- crone
- prone
- depone
- hone
- loan
- cologne
- condone
- disenthrone
- disown
- eau de cologne
- enthrone
- groan
- intone
- roan
- Sloan
- Sloane
- thrown
- unknown
- bemoan
- cobblestone
- Copplestone
- grown
- joan
- known
- none
- overgrown
- pension
- phone
- postpone
- redstone
- sone
- Stallone
- answer phone
- arthron
- beknown
- cauterizing stone
- compone
- crosne
- crown
- cuboidal bone
- cuttlefish bone
- Ediphone
- enzone
- flown
- Four Shire Stone
Questions about throne
- What does throne mean?
- Throne means an impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
- What is throne in Hindi?
- Throne in Hindi is सिंहासन (sĩhāsan), राजसिंहासन (rājsĩhāsan), राजगद्दी (rājgaddī). See Throne meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use throne in a sentence?
- Before daylight, when the dragon flew home to sleep, he had burned up the hall and even the throne of the Geatish king.
- What part of speech is throne?
- Throne can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce throne?
- Throne is pronounced /θɹəʊ̯n/ (UK).
- What is the plural of throne?
- The plural of throne is thrones.
Words near throne in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: throne (page history and authors); throne (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); throne (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); కంఠీరవాసనము (Telugu) (page history and authors); throne (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಗದ್ದುಗೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); اورنگ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); throne (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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