Throne Meaning
/θɹəʊn/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
nounLeadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
Sentence Examples
The prince succeeded to the throne.
I succeed to the throne.
Which prince is the legitimate heir to the throne?
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ancient king sat on a majestic ____ made of oak and ivory.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The queen sat on her magnificent golden ____ and prepared to address the people of the kingdom today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair, throne”). Superseded earlier seld (“seat, throne”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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 sitteth vpon the Throne, and vnto the Lambe.
11 And all the Angels stood round about the Throne, and about the Elders, and the foure beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glorie, and wisedome, and thankesgiuing, and honour, & power, and might be vnto our God for euer & euer, Amen."
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 7:9–12:
"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 die"
— 2014, “Send Help”, in Coma Witch, performed by The Acacia Strain and Max Cavalera:
"Stephen reigned from 1135-1154, that nasty period of our history dubbed 'The Anarchy', when forces loyal to Stephen contested the throne with those of Henry I's daughter Matilda, who by rights should have been queen. 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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ancient king sat on a majestic ____ made of oak and ivory.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The queen sat on her magnificent golden ____ and prepared to address the people of the kingdom today.