— throneless , adj.
/throhn/ , n. , v. , throned, throning .
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. an episcopal office or authority: the diocesan throne.
6. See mourner's bench .
7. thrones , an order of angels. Cf. angel (def. 1).
8. Facetious. a toilet.
v.t. , v.i.
9. to sit on or as on a throne.
[ 1175-1225; ME thronus thrónos high seat; r. ME trone ]