From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Furniture, Governmentthronethrone /θrəʊn $ θroʊn/ ●●○ noun1[countable]DHFPG a specialchair used by a king or queen at important ceremonies2 →the throneExamples from the Corpusthrone• On our retreat in the last year of school, a visiting priest talked to us from Sister Superior's throne.• Charlemagne's stonethrone in the Octagon at Aachen Cathedral.• The Church took the lead in rallying the forces which drove out the poles and established the Romanovs on the throne.• Oedipus of course resigned the throne.• When Charles I came to the throne, Calvert resigned, but he did not lose favor.• Or any other pretenders to the throne.• After he had gone his two sons asserted their right to the throne, and each tried to be made king.Originthrone(1100-1200)Old Frenchtrone, from Latinthronus, from Greekthronos
