throne

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. 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. n. A personage who occupies a throne.
3. n. The power, dignity, or rank of such a personage; sovereignty.
4. n. Christianity The third of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.
5. v. To install in or occupy a throne.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A chair of state; a seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on occasions of state. The throne is now usually a decorated arm-chair, not necessarily of remarkable richness, and seldom of great size, but usually raised on a dais of one or two steps, and covered with an ornamental canopy. Ancient and Oriental thrones are described and represented as very elaborate, made in part of precious materials, or raised very high with different substructures, and supported on figures of beasts or men.
2. n. Sovereign power and dignity: also, the wielder of that power; also, episcopal authority or rank: often with the definite article.
3. n. plural The third order of angels in the first triad of the celestial hierarchy. See celestial hierarchy, under hierarchy.
4. To set on a throne; enthrone.
5. To set as on a throne; set in an exalted position; exalt.
6. To sit on a throne; sit in state as a sovereign.

Wiktionary

1. n. The ornate seat a king or queen sits on for formal occasions, usually placed on a raised dais in the throne room.
2. n. The formal position of a sovereign.
3. n. colloquial The lavatory or toilet.
4. n. Biblical tradition The third highest order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
5. n. music A type of stool used by drummers.
6. n. figuratively The leadership.
7. v. transitive, archaic To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
8. v. transitive, archaic To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
9. v. intransitive, archaic To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary.
2. n. Hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a throne, or is invested with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified personage.
3. n. A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen.
4. v. To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
5. v. To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
6. v. To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.
2. v. put a monarch on the throne
3. n. a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
4. v. sit on the throne as a ruler
5. n. the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions