1. A chair occupied by an exalted personage, such as a sovereign or bishop, on state or ceremonial occasions, often situated on a dais and sometimes having a canopy and ornate decoration. 2a. A personage who occupies a throne. b. The power, dignity, or rank of such a personage; sovereignty. 3.thronesChristianity The third of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.
TRANSITIVE & INTRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: throned, thron·ing, thrones To install in or occupy a throne.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, alteration of trone, from Old French, from Latin thronus, from Greek thronos. See dher- in Appendix I.
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