Definition of: throne

(thrōn) noun
1. The royal chair occupied by a sovereign on state occasions.
2. The chair of state of a pope or of some other dignitary, as a cardinal, archbishop, or bishop.
3. Royal estate or dignity; sovereign power.
4. One invested with sovereign power; sometimes, the rank or authority of any high dignitary.
5. plural The third of the nine orders of angels in the celestial hierarchy.
—v.t. & v.i. throned, thron·ing To place or sit on a throne; enthrone; exalt. [<OF trone <L thronus <Gk. thronos seat]