thrones

Noun

throne (plural thrones)

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.

   Synonyms:

   chair of state

2. (figuratively) Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
   • Queen Victoria sat upon the throne of England for 63 years.
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.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 105

   Synonyms:

   cathedra

4. (euphemistic) 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

5. A kind of stool used by drummers.
6. 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

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