throne

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You know that my throne is the back of my war horse--that the sword is my sceptre, cannon my diplomatists.

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  1. noun 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.
  2. noun A personage who occupies a throne.
  3. noun The power, dignity, or rank of such a personage; sovereignty.

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  1. Middle English, alteration of trone, from Old French, from Latin thronus, from Greek thronos; see dher- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Altered to suit the L. form; from Middle English trone = Dutch troon = German thron= Swedish tron = Danish trone, from Old French trone, throne, trosne, throsne, French tróne = Provencal tron, tro = Spanish trono = Portuguese throno = Italian trono, from Latin thronus, from Greek θρόνος, a seat, chair, throne, from θράειν, set, aorist mid. θρήσασ, σ1θαι, sit.
  2. from Middle English thronen, troner; from throne, n. Cf. enthrone, thronize.
 

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