Throne vs. Thorn

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Thronenoun

An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions.

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The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese.

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Other seats, particularly:

Thronenoun

A seat used for urination or defecation, such as a chamber pot, toilet, or the seat of an outhouse.

Thronenoun

(music) A kind of stool used by drummers.

Thronenoun

Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch.

Thronenoun

(Christianity) A member of an order of angels ranked above dominions and below cherubim.

Throneverb

To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.

Throneverb

To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.

Throneverb

To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.

Thronenoun

A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary.

Thronenoun

Hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a throne, or is invested with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified personage.

Thronenoun

A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; - a meaning given by the schoolmen.

Throneverb

To place on a royal seat; to enthrone.

Throneverb

To place in an elevated position; to give sovereignty or dominion to; to exalt.

Throneverb

To be in, or sit upon, a throne; to be placed as if upon a throne.

Thronenoun

the chair of state of a monarch, bishop, etc.;

Thronenoun

a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

Thronenoun

the position and power of one who occupies a throne

Throneverb

sit on the throne as a ruler

Throneverb

put a monarch on the throne;

Thronenoun

a ceremonial chair for a sovereign, bishop, or similar figure

Thronenoun

used to signify sovereign power

Thronenoun

a toilet.

Thronenoun

(in traditional Christian angelology) the third-highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy.

Throneverb

place (someone) on a throne

Throne

A throne is the seat of state of a potentate or dignitary, especially the seat occupied by a sovereign on state occasions; or the seat occupied by a pope or bishop on ceremonial occasions. in an abstract sense can also refer to the monarchy or the Crown itself, an instance of metonymy, and is also used in many expressions such as .

Thornnoun

(botany) A sharp protective spine of a plant.

Thornnoun

Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.

Thornnoun

(figurative) That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.

Thornnoun

A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed by Old English from the futhark to represent a dental fricative, then not distinguished from eth, but in modern use (in Icelandic and other languages, but no longer in English) used only for the voiceless dental fricative found in English thigh

Thornverb

To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn

Thornnoun

A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.

Thornnoun

Any shrub or small tree which bears thorns; especially, any species of the genus Cratægus, as the hawthorn, whitethorn, cockspur thorn.

Thornnoun

Fig.: That which pricks or annoys as a thorn; anything troublesome; trouble; care.

Thornnoun

The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter , capital form . It was used to represent both of the sounds of English th, as in thin, then. So called because it was the initial letter of thorn, a spine.

Thornverb

To prick, as with a thorn.

Thornnoun

something that causes irritation and annoyance;

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a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf

Thornnoun

a Germanic character of runic origin

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