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throne

A ceremonial chair for a sovereign, bishop or leader. The position of a sovereign or leader itself. The King is the only person that can sit on the throne.

throne

the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc the king sat on his throne the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions sit on the throne as a ruler (= enthrone) put a monarch on the throne The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago (= toilet) a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

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With the heirless king going crazy and royal family poisoned, the general of the army finally had his chance to usurp the throne.
One king after another succeeded to the throne during those few years.
It seems it was a gift for the 50th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's accession to the throne.
Prince William is second in line to the English throne.
He knocks the mighty from the throne and elevates the humble.
Who will succeed the throne?
On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.
The king's throne was made out of solid gold.
Which prince is the legitimate heir to the throne?
The crown prince is the one who is to succeed to the throne.
The king's eldest son is the heir to the throne.
He will succeed to the throne.
One of England's kings abdicated the throne in order to marry a commoner.
The new king assumed the throne when he was only fifteen.

Movie subtitles

I've given up that name! but I've given up my claim to the throne!
Captured in battle at the age of 1 1, he was castrated and assigned as a servant to the man who would seize the Imperial throne as Yongle.
Just take a walk from the Protecting Harmony hall to the middle Harmony hall, where the emperor had his private quarters, to the hall of Supreme Harmony, where the Dragon Throne itself sat. Harmony, harmony, harmony.
On a splendid throne, surrounded by living stars, the Selenite king is seated.
Catherine - You have falled to provide a male her to the throne. Declare yourself WIII Ing to divorce so that I may marry again.
From Samlak, King of Ethiopia To King Amenes, who sits on the throne of Amun Ra. May life grant you salvation and strength.
And so in Speedy's fancy, Chet Trask was tottering on his throne.
We have no heir to the throne.
He's stubborn and unbending and will be so at the throne itself.
You may have won a throne.
She's stolen the throne of England.
Tell him who holds the throne of England.
But it means your throne, your life.
Ladislaw would be in line for the throne.
I remember when you led me. a child, up the steps of this throne.
Only those of Swedish blood. should sit on the throne of Sweden.
I am resolved, therefore. here and now. to place in your hands. my abdication from the throne of Sweden.
That's why we had you brought here,; to provide Russia with an heir to the throne.
I expect you two to behave like love birds so Russia will have an heir to the throne.
We don't want any more women on the throne.
May our new bride from far away be forever happy. and learn to know the love we have in our Russian hearts for her. and the hope this vast, imperishable empire has. for an heir to the throne.
I had you brought here to be an obedient wife. and to supply my country with a much-needed heir to the throne.
Watching your wife won't give you an heir to the throne.
I suppose you, too, want to congratulate me. as the father of the heir to the throne of Russia.
The empress joins her people in congratulating Your Highness. on the birth of a male heir to the throne of Russia.
Then perhaps you will convey to Her Highness. that I've been waiting for some time now to congratulate her. on the great historic event of providing our country with a much-needed heir to the throne.
Because I have the sense to sleep tonight instead of rushing to my ruin. in an attempt to put this Duke of Monmouth on the throne?
And speaking of words, I'd like to say a few about the injustice. of keeping an innocent man locked up for three months. in such filth and heat and ill-feeding that my chief regret is I didn't try. to pull down the filthy fellow that sits on the throne.
There are 273 people in line, who have the rights to inherit the throne, so you don't have to worry.
I'll be the on the throne for one month.
He will place her on the throne!
If Dr. Laughton finished Tima, she now could have taken the throne.
With all due respect you must be the one to sit on the throne.
And they think a puppet like you could sit on a throne?
This is the throne that was built just for you.
One day, you'll merge with that superhuman throne and become a computer weapon that'll rule the world!
A ransom that'll be used not to release Richard.. buttobuyyourwaytothe throne.
If we're to save her and your throne, we've got to act now!
It's just like a king's throne.
Oh, Tom, The King's Throne again.
God and his angels guard your sacred throne and make you long become it!
Then hear me, gracious sovereign, and you peers, that owe your lives, your faith, your services to this imperial throne.

News and current affairs

The proper economic policy was to teach people to venerate the throne (so that they would respect property), the paternal hearth (so that they would not marry imprudently young), and the religious altar (so that they would fear pre-marital sex).
Perhaps the most shattering lost illusion is the fact that the bombings occurred in the heart of the al-Saud's home-base in the Najdi region, which indicates that the enemy within resides nearer to the throne than anyone suspected.
The question is whether key HDZ leaders prefer losing the presidency (and that is where real power in Croatia lies) to Granic's ascending the throne.
Worship of the emperor was abolished, though Hirohito remained on his throne.
Wilhelm assumed the throne in 1888 at age 29, his liberal father having reigned for 88 days before succumbing to throat cancer.
But John died the following year, and the nobles backing his successor, the nine-year-old Henry III, needed support against a rival claimant to the throne.
What if Medvedev, after a few years, becomes as independent of his patron as Putin became of Boris Yeltsin, the man who put him on the Kremlin throne?
And why, despite international pressure and domestic desire, did he not appoint a successor to the ailing Crown Prince Sultan, for the tradition of the Saudi kings is to have not only the direct but the second in line to the throne known?
Even if a Geneva II meeting on Syria is convened in January, Russia will ensure that Assad remains on the throne.
After all, the king has staked all and gambled his own throne by taking over power.
There was also no mistaking the symbolism of seeing President Bush, waving cheerfully from his spot in the bleachers while Chinese President Hu Jintao sat behind what looked more like a throne.
The Dutch model was exported to Britain in 1688, along with the political revolution that deposed the Catholic James II and put the Dutch Protestant William of Orange on the English throne.
After the Congress of Vienna returned King Louis XVIII to the French throne, his advisers debated whether or not to recognize the debt incurred by Napoleon.
If he crosses over to their side, he could even become their leader and triumphantly return to the throne that he formally abandoned only recently.
Sonia Gandhi, the head of Congress and the widow of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, has been the power behind the throne since 1998, turning Prime Minister Manmohan Singh into little more than a figurehead.
The primary cause of the regime's fears is growing political uncertainty, which is the direct result of the failing health of Kim Kyong-hui, Kim Jong-un's aunt and the power behind the throne.
The country's strategic calculations are bound to have been affected by the ascension of Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to the Saudi throne, a real game changer that has resulted in a shift of alliances among the region's Sunni powers.
Until the Aliyev's came along, only North Korea's utterly loony Kim Il Sung managed to anoint his son atop a red throne.

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