thrones

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of throne.

   Rival cousins spent a decade fighting over the thrones of the three small kingdoms.

   The music store keeps a row of drum thrones near the practice kits so players can try them out.

   Note

   Among the angels the plural does special work: thrones name a whole order, ranked above dominions and below cherubim. Elsewhere it simply counts seats, from the thrones of rival kingdoms and bishops' chairs to the drum thrones lined up in a music store, and as a jokey euphemism it can even mean toilets.

2. 2
   verbarchaic

   Third-person singular simple present of throne.

   Note

   Every use of the verb behind this form is archaic, so it reads as deliberately old-fashioned. It can seat someone as ruler, raise someone high in honor, or, with no object, sit as if on a throne, as a castle thrones over a valley. For the plain act of crowning, enthrones is the word modern prose uses instead.

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