Throne: Definition and part of speech

Throne

  1. n. A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; — a meaning given by the schoolmen.
  2. n. A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary.
  3. n. Hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a throne, or is invested with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified personage.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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