Definition of Throne

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Throne

A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary.

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

A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen.

To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.

To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.

To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.

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Throne Quotations

Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
Mohandas Gandhi

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Down to Gehenna, or up to the Throne, He travels the fastest who travels alone.
Rudyard Kipling

Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure.
King Solomon

Two urns on Jove's high throne have ever stood, the source of evil one, and one of good; from thence the cup of mortal man he fills, blessings to these, to those distributes ills; to most he mingles both.
Homer

Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne.
Robert Green Ingersoll

A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on his throne.
Georges Clemenceau

A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.
Walter Bagehot

You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the throne. But I want you to understand that in making up my mind I did not forget the country or the empire, which, as Prince of Wales and lately as King, I have for twenty-five years tried to serve.
King Edward VIII

Of course, I do have a slight advantage over the rest of you. It helps in a pinch to be able to remind your bride that you gave up a throne for her.
King Edward VIII

Throne Translations

throne in Dutch is troon
throne in German is Thron
throne in Italian is trono
throne in Spanish is trono
throne in Swedish is tron

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