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# throne

«throne» in Mova's school dictionary: **The special chair a king, queen or ruler sits on at…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a throne, thrones)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The special chair a king, queen or ruler sits on at ceremonies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/throne/#m1)

2) «The throne»: the position and power of a king or queen: to come to the throne. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/throne/#m2)

3) (informal, joke) The toilet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/throne/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons and fairy tales, a king or queen sits on a throne; a prince is «heir to the throne». «Come to the throne» means become ruler. As a joke, people call the toilet «the throne».

### examples

- The queen sat on her golden throne. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/throne/#x1)
- The prince is next in line to the throne. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/throne/#x2)
- The king lost his throne in the war. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/throne/#x3)
- She came to the throne when she was very young. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/throne/#x4)
- The throne room was full of guards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/throne/#x5)
- (joke) Dad's been on the throne for ages! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/throne/#x6)

### note

Homophone: thrown (past of throw) — «The ball was thrown», «The king's throne». Plural: thrones.

### In the corpora

- [He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.191/)
- [And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee; thy throne shall be established for ever.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.194/)
- [And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.49/)
- [And Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established firmly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.69/)
- [But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.106/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «throne» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/throne/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.