Throne (?), n. [OE. trone, F. trône, L. thronus, Gr. �; cf. � a bench, � a footstool, � to set one's self, to sit, Skr. dharaṇa supporting, dhṛ to hold fast, carry, and E. firm, a.] 1. A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary.
The noble king is set up in his throne. Chaucer.
High on a throne of royal state. Milton.
2. Hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a throne, or is invested with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified personage.
Only in the throne will I be greater than thou. Gen. xli. 40.
To mold a mighty state's decrees,
And shape the whisper of the throne. Tennyson.
3. pl. A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; — a meaning given by the schoolmen. Milton.
Great Sire! whom thrones celestial ceaseless sing. Young.