throne

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

1. An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
2. Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
3. The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
4. A toilet.
5. A kind of stool used by drummers.
6. A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.

Verb

1. To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
2. To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
3. To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

[θɹəʊn]

Etimologia (Inglês)

From Middle English trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair, throne”). Superseded earlier seld (“seat, throne”).