Word Meanings - THRONE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen. Milton. Great Sire! whom thrones celestial ceaseless sing. Young. (more info) 1. A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince,

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A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen. Milton. Great Sire! whom thrones celestial ceaseless sing. Young. (more info) 1. A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince, bishop, or other high dignitary. The noble king is set up in his throne. Chaucer. High on a throne of royal state. Milton. 2. Hence, sovereign power and dignity; also, the one who occupies a throne, or is invested with sovereign authority; an exalted or dignified personage. Only in the throne will I be greater than thou. Gen. xli. 40. To mold a mighty state's decrees, And shape the whisper of the throne. Tennyson. 3. pl.

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• YOUNGISH
  Somewhat young. Tatler.
• STATESMANLIKE
  Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
• CELESTIAL
  1. An inhabitant of heaven. Pope. 2. A native of China.
• STATEHOOD
  The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
• PRINCELESS
  Without a prince. Fuller.
• MEANLY
  In a mean manner; unworthily; basely; poorly; ungenerously. While the heaven-born child All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies. Milton. Would you meanly thus rely On power you know I must obey Prior. We can not bear to have others think meanly
• PRINCEDOM
  The jurisdiction, sovereignty, rank, or estate of a prince. Thrones, princedoms, powers, dominions, I reduce. Milton.
• GREAT-HEARTED
  1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble.
• GREAT-GRANDFATHER
  The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
• YOUNG
  , , AS. geong; akin to OFries. iung, iong, D. joing, OS., OHG., & G. jung, Icel. ungr, Sw. & Dan. ung, Goth. juggs, Lith. jaunas, Russ. iunuii, L. juvencus, juvenis, Skr. juva, juven. Junior, Juniper, 1. Not long born; still in the first part of
• ROYALIZE
  to make royal. Shak.
• YOUNGTH
  Youth. Youngth is a bubble blown up with breath. Spenser.
• SOMETIMES
  1. Formerly; sometime. That fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march. Shak. 2. At times; at intervals; now and then;occasionally. It is good that we sometimes be contradicted. Jer. Taylor. Sometimes . . .
• GREAT-GRANDSON
  A son of one's grandson or granddaughter.
• STATE SOCIALISM
  A form of socialism, esp. advocated in Germany, which, while retaining the right of private property and the institution of the family and other features of the present form of the state, would intervene by various measures intended to
• YOUNGNESS
  The quality or state of being young.
• CEASELESS
  Without intermission or end.
• PRINCELY
  1. Of or relating to a prince; regal; royal; of highest rank or authority; as, princely birth, character, fortune, etc. 2. Suitable for, or becoming to, a prince; grand; august; munificent; magnificent; as, princely virtues; a princely fortune.
• COMMONLY
  1. Usually; generally; ordinarily; frequently; for the most part; as, confirmed habits commonly continue trough life. 2. In common; familiary. Spenser.
• GREAT-HEARTEDNESS
  The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity.
• CREBRICOSTATE
  Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
• SUPERCELESTIAL
  1. Situated above the firmament, or great vault of heaven. Waterland. 2. Higher than celestial; superangelic.
• MISDEMEAN
  To behave ill; -- with a reflexive pronoun; as, to misdemean one's self.
• SAGEBRUSH STATE
  Nevada; -- a nickname.
• DEMEANURE
  Behavior. Spenser.
• OLD LINE STATE
  Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's line.
• ENSTATE
  See INSTATE
• SUPERROYAL
  Larger than royal; -- said of a particular size of printing and writing paper. See the Note under Paper, n.
• INGREAT
  To make great; to enlarge; to magnify. Fotherby.
• YOUNGLY
  Like a young person or thing; young; youthful. Shak.
• REMEANT
  Coming back; returning. "Like the remeant sun." C. Kingsley.
• KATASTATE
  A substance formed by a katabolic process; -- opposed to anastate. See Katabolic.
• IMBORDER
  To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
• BAYOU STATE
  Mississippi; -- a nickname, from its numerous bayous.