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throne

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1. throne - Noun

2. throne - Verb

Meaning

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 dictionary

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It 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

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