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es 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.

Having no throne.

To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of supreme authority and dignity. "The Protector was dethroned." Hume.

Deposal from a throne; deposition from regal power.

One who dethrones.

To dethrone; to depose from sovereign authority. Milton.

To dethrone. [Obs.]

To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity. Beneath a sculptured arch he sits enthroned. Pope. It [mercy] is enthroned in the hearts of kings. Shak.

The act of enthroning, or state of being enthroned. [Recent]

Same as Enthrone.

A famous throne formerly of the kings of Delhi, India, but since 1739, when it was carried off by Nadir Shah, held by the shahs of Persia (later Iran); -- so called from its bearing a fully expanded peacock's tail done in gems.

To enthrone again; to replace on a throne.

A second enthroning.

See Reënthrone.

To remove from, or as from, a throne; to dethrone. Milton.

itely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy.

its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.

hell, or the bottomless pit. Ye powers and spirits of this nethermost abyss. Milton. The throne is darkness, in the abyss of light. Dryden.

To enter upon an office or dignity; to attain. Edward IV., who had acceded to the throne in the year 1461. T. Warton. If Frederick had acceded to the supreme power. Morley.

The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; as, the accession of the house of Stuart; -- applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty.