Definition of throne

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Throne (n.) Hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a throne, or is invested with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified personage..

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Reinthrone :: Reinthrone (v. t.) See Reenthrone.
Cathedra :: Cathedra (n.) The official chair or throne of a bishop, or of any person in high authority..
Exalt :: Exalt (v. t.) To elevate in rank, dignity, power, wealth, character, or the like; to dignify; to promote; as, to exalt a prince to the throne, a citizen to the presidency..
Seizure :: Seizure (n.) The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc..
Settle :: Settle (n.) To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from unscertainty or wavering; to make sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to quiet; as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle questions of law; to settle the succession to a throne; to settle an allowance..
Enthronize :: Enthronize (v. t.) To place on a throne; hence, to induct into office, as a bishop..
Throne :: Throne (n.) A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen.
Sell :: Sell (n.) A throne or lofty seat.
Apse :: Apse (n.) The bishop's seat or throne, in ancient churches..
Abdicate :: Abdicate (v. t.) To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy..
Vacate :: Vacate (v. t.) To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; the tenant vacated the house..
Bourbon :: Bourbon (n.) A member of a family which has occupied several European thrones, and whose descendants still claim the throne of France..
Inthrone :: Inthrone (v. t.) Same as Enthrone.
Dethronize :: Dethronize (v. t.) To dethrone or unthrone.
Inthronize :: Inthronize (v. t.) To enthrone.
Porphyrogenitism :: Porphyrogenitism (n.) The principle of succession in royal families, especially among the Eastern Roman emperors, by which a younger son, if born after the accession of his father to the throne, was preferred to an elder son who was not so born..
Reenthrone :: Reenthrone (v. t.) To enthrone again; to replace on a throne.
Legitimate :: Legitimate (a.) Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a legitimate heir..
Reseat :: Reseat (v. t.) To seat or set again, as on a chair, throne, etc..
Elevation :: Elevation (n.) The act of raising from a lower place, condition, or quality to a higher; -- said of material things, persons, the mind, the voice, etc.; as, the elevation of grain; elevation to a throne; elevation of mind, thoughts, or character..
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