Thursday, October 25, 2012

WORD OF THE DAY! 10/25/12.

throne [throhn]
noun
1. The chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy.
2. The office or dignity of a sovereign: He came to the throne by succession.
3. The occupant of a throne; sovereign.
4. Sovereign power or authority: to address one's pleas to the throne.
5. An episcopal office or authority.
6. A mourner's bench.
7. Mythology. An order of angels.
8. Facetious. A toilet.

EX. "When you play a game of thrones, you either win or die." -George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones