throne

UK: /ˈθrəʊn/ US: /θroʊn/ ,(thrōn)

Inflections of 'throne' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

thrones

v 3rd person singular

throning

v pres p

throned

v past

throned

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

throne /θroʊn/   n. [countable]

1. the seat occupied by a sovereign at certain occasions or ceremonies.
2. the rank, office, or dignity of a king or queen:
   to assume the throne.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

throne  (thrōn), n., v., throned, thron•ing. 
n. 

1. the chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy.
2. the office or dignity of a sovereign:
   He came to the throne by succession.
3. the occupant of a throne;
   sovereign.
4. sovereign power or authority:
   to address one's pleas to the throne.
5. Religion an episcopal office or authority:
   the diocesan throne.
6. Religion, Dialect Terms See mourner's bench. 
7. Religion thrones, an order of angels. Cf. angel (def. 1).
8. Slang Terms [Facetious.] a toilet.

v.t., v.i. 

9. to sit on or as on a throne.

• Latin, as above
• Old French
• Greek thrónos high seat; replacing Middle English trone
• Latin thronus
• Middle English 1175–1225

throne′less, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

throne / θrəʊn/ noun

1. the ceremonial seat occupied by a monarch, bishop, etc on occasions of state
2. the power, duties, or rank ascribed to a royal person
3. a person holding royal rank
4. (plural; often capital) the third of the nine orders into which the angels are traditionally divided in medieval angelology

verb

1. to place or be placed on a throne

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Greek thronos throne