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Throne meaning
An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions. | Leadership, particularly the position of a monarch. | The seat of a bishop in the cathedral-church of his diocese; also, the seat of a pope.
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It would appear the King – who at 73 is the oldest to ever assume the British throne in more than a thousand years – has some way to go in recreating the level of admiration his late mother had earned in her many decades on the throne.
I sit on a throne, a throne I once broke, and I sit there in deep emotional debt to those who helped me accomplish my goals.
Besides these great houses there a number of outsiders, all of whom plot, scheme, and murder all in the hopes of either sitting on the Iron Throne or placing their chosen ruler on the throne.
However, the royal courtiers, realizing that Pratap, not Jagmal, was the rightful inheritor of the Mewar throne, physically removed Jagmal from the throne and asked Pratap to take his rightful place.
The Red Spear seems to be driven by hatred of Cumber the Ice King rather than any desire for a throne herself, but in her vendetta against him she could well become a contender for the throne.
There, Prince Harald and Prince Canute, the heirs to the dying King Sweyn's throne in the Dane-conquered country, are locked in a battle over his throne.
The vision of the man on the throne that Jacen sought to prevent was replaced by one of his daughter, Allana, sitting atop a white throne as a Jedi Queen.
Akeredolu said it was natural for all princes to be interested in the throne but added that only one of them would ascend the throne at a time, as such he appealed for their cooperation to bring development to the entire Mahin kingdom speedily.
That his throne, that is the Etoudi Palace, must be satan`s throne on earth.
The event is a renewed opportunity to illustrate the strong symbiosis between the Moroccan people and the throne as well as demonstrates the renewal for the act of Allegiance between the Moroccan people and the Alaouite throne.
He succeeded to the throne as King of England upon his father's death on 31 August 1422 at the age of nine months: he was the youngest person ever to succeed to the English throne.
His goal was to secure the throne for a member of his house and prevent Francis I of France from gaining the throne; the resulting "election campaign" was unprecedented due to the massive use of bribery.
It is a common belief that one who cuts himself on the throne has been "rejected" by the throne and is therefore not fit to rule.
Miller 1985, p. 11. The chacmools in Tula also had an association with thrones or raised seating platforms, either in front of the throne or at the entrance to a chamber containing a throne.
Miller 1985, p. 9. The chacmools at Chichen Itza were found in a combination of chacmool, throne and serpent column; this chacmool-throne-serpent complex was associated with rulership during the Early Postclassic period.
No Norwegian could legitimately claim the throne because none was able to prove relationship to medieval royalty and in European tradition royal or "blue" blood is a precondition for laying claim to the throne.
Other members of the Royal Family who attend the State Opening use Chairs of State next to the Throne, and peers' sons are always entitled to sit on the steps of the Throne.
Philip ascended the Spanish throne but had to renounce his claim to the throne of France for himself and his descendants.
That summer, she went to Sweden, pointing out that she had left the throne to her first cousin and his descendant, so if Charles XI died, she would take over the throne again.
The throne seat symbol might alternatively point to a meaning as "throne-mother of the gods", making her the highest and most powerful goddess before all other gods.