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nouna plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
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"The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago"verbput a monarch on the throne
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verbsit on the throne as a ruler
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"the king sat on his throne"nounthe chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.type of:
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nounthe position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions
Definition that contains throne
- john youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216)
- charles the eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948)
- edward King of England from 1461 to 1470 and from 1471 to 1483; was dethroned in 1470 but regained the throne in 1471 by his victory at the battle of Tewkesbury (1442-1483)
- edward son of Edward II and King of England from 1327-1377; his claim to the French throne provoked the Hundred Years' War; his reign was marked by an epidemic of the Black Plague and by the emergence of the House of Commons as the powerful arm of British Parliament (1312-1377)
- crown invest with regal power; enthrone
- throne sit on the throne as a ruler
- throne put a monarch on the throne
- edgar the younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy; on Edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of England (944-975)
- zeus (Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology; son of Rhea and Cronus whom he dethroned; husband and brother of Hera; brother of Poseidon and Hades; father of many gods; counterpart of Roman Jupiter
- cathedral relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's office or throne