thronedom

Noun

thronedom (countable and uncountable, plural thronedoms)

1. (countable) A realm; a kingdom, principality, etc.
   • In Scripture, we read of thronedoms and principalities ; of the angelic hosts.1832, Robert Taylor, Natural history of religion, page 81
   • The thronedom of Bulgaria once secured, Our conquering arms shall further southward tend ;1855, Mrs. Thulia Susannah Henderson, Olga, Or Russia in the Tenth Century: An Historical Poem, page 226
2. (uncountable) Sovereignty.
   • Well, my dear friends, aspire to this spiritual thronedom: subdue your own heart, and become a king of men.1852, Emigration, in its moral and religious aspects. A sermon, etc, page 15
   • But the Western Powers, and Great Britain especially, had ever taken Turkey under their nominal protection ; at any rate, they would not quietly sit by and see Russia seize upon that key to the thronedom of the world without a word.1855, Fanny Mayne, The Life of Nicholas I., Emperor of Russia, page 129
3. A position of dominance; ascendancy.
   • Better I ween the harmlessness that passeth on its path, In the quiet light of the inner sight where deep thought thronedom hath ;1839, Miss Sarah Wilkinson, Historical reveries, page 109
   • it is made known to her that an ideal husband and father whose home was to him a sacred temple, and who, in the thronedom of his heart sate his devoted wife and two children and their progeny only one seat below that which in loving faith he gave the Christ; and in that home a great State who loved...1902, Kentucky. General Assembly. Senate, Journal, page 480