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noun
An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: chair of state
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: seat, furniture
noun
Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: cathedra
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A toilet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: can, chamber, chamber pot, chemical toilet, commode, Cousin John, crapper, gazunder, guzunder, honey bucket, honeypot, Jerry, john, johnny, jordan, latrine, mingo, necessary stool, pan, pee pot, pisspot, piss pot, po, pot, potty, potty-chair, shitbucket, shitcan, shitpot, slop bucket, stool, stool of easement, throne, thunder mug, toilet, urinal, big white telephone, bog, crapper trapper, donniker, dunny, head, highway to hell, jacks, jakes, khazi, lav, pisser, pooper, porcelain god, porcelain goddess, porcelain throne, privy, Quincy, shitter, toot, bathroom, necessarium, toilet room, water closet, WC, cloaca, closet, jacques, kocay, siege, cludgie, neddy, netty, shield, six, facilities, ladies and gentlemen, lavatory, lavabo, necessary, necessary room, office, office of ease, place, small room, smallest room, throne room, cottage, geography, House of Lords, usual offices, restroom, teahouse, tearoom, washroom, comfort room, CR, closet of decency, closet of ease, house of office, necessary place, purging place, vault, withdraught, wardrobe, urination station, carsey, karzy, lats, lavvy, loo, thunderbox, bogger, brasco, dike
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A kind of stool used by drummers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: angel
verb
To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
noun
the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chair of state
Narrower terms: cathedra, bishop's throne, mercy seat, musnud, peacock-throne
noun
a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plumbing fixture
Narrower terms: flushless toilet, flush toilet, lavatory, potty seat, potty chair
verb
put a monarch on the throne
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: enthrone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: invest, vest, enthrone
verb
sit on the throne as a ruler
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: govern, rule
History
Inherited from Middle English trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “a seat, chair”). Superseded earlier seld (“seat, throne”).
Across languages
215 source translations are retained for this English entry.
