Synonyms for throne


Grammar : Noun
Spell : throhn
Phonetic Transcription : θroʊn


Définition of throne

Origin :
  • mid-13c., from Old French trone (12c.), from Latin thronus, from Greek thronos "elevated seat, chair, throne," from PIE root *dher- (2) "to hold firmly, support" (cf. Latin firmus "firm, steadfast, strong, stable," Sanskrit dharma "statute, law;" see firm (adj.)). Colloquial meaning "toilet" is recorded from 1922.
  • noun chair of royalty
Example sentences :
  • On the 5th of February the king attended and delivered the speech from the throne in person.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Fifty years before Queen Victoria had ascended the throne of England.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Either the help I implored wasn't good for me, or my voice couldn't soar to His throne.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • I feel myself to be back upon my throne when I look at them.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • At night, our couch will be on a platform surmounted by a canopy like a throne.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • This was a sad mistake; and it cost him dear enough after he had ascended his father's throne.
  • Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The "wicked uncle" then ascended the throne, or its equivalent.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • The throne was exactly before us, at the end of the pillared vista.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • A bull on the throne is worth twice as much as a bull in the chair.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • This is essential to success in all our applications to the "throne of grace."
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox

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