1. throne - Noun
2. throne - Verb
A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen.
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.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other. Petrarch
You can make a throne of bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long. Boris Yeltsin
The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening. Wallace Stevens
When throne into the sea the stone said, 'after all, this is also a home.' Kiganda Proverb
When the cat's away the mouse sits on its throne. Vietnamese Proverb
The man who builds his own throne rules over a desert. Guinea Proverb