Definition of "throne"

throne

noun
plural thrones
1. An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.
  Quotations
  9 After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could nūber, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, & tongues, stood before the throne, & before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palmes in their hands:10 And cryed with a loude voice, saying, Saluation to our God, which sitteth vpon the Throne, and vnto the Lambe.11 And all the Angels stood round about the Throne, and about the Elders, and the foure beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glorie, and wisedome, and thankesgiuing, and honour, & power, and might be vnto our God for euer & euer, Amen.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Revelation 7:9–12
2. (figuratively) Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.
  Quotations
  Thou shalt be ouer my house, and according vnto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater then thou.
  1611, Bible (KJV), Genesis, 41:40
3. The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
  Quotations
  Pope Joan, who once occupied the throne of the Vatican, was reputed to be the blackest sorcerer of them all.
  1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 105
4. (humorous) Other seats, particularly:
  1. (euphemistic) A seat used for urination or defecation, such as a chamber pot, toilet, or the seat of an outhouse.
    Quotations
    "If she has intestinal flu, you probably called while she was on the throne and she didn't want to admit it," Alan said dryly.
    1991, Stephen King, Needful Things
  2. (music) A kind of stool used by drummers.
5. (Christianity) A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.
  Quotations
  For by him were all things created that are in heauen, and that are in earth, visible and inuisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.
  1611, Bible (KJV), Epistle of Paul to the Colossians, 1:16
verb
third-person singular simple present thrones, present participle throning, simple past and past participle throned
1. (transitive, archaic) To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.
2. (transitive, archaic) To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.
  Quotations
  True image of the Father, whether throned / In the bosom of bliss, and light of light.
  1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], page 4
3. (intransitive, archaic) To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.