Emily Dickinson Lexicon

THRONE, n. [L. thronus; Gr. θρονος; Fr. trone.]

1. A royal seat; a chair of state. The throne is sometimes an elegant chair richly ornamented with sculpture and gilding, raised a step above the floor, and covered with a canopy.
2. The seat of a bishop. Ayliffe.
3. In Scripture, sovereign power and dignity. Only in the throne will I be greater than thou. Gen. xli. Thy throne, O God, is forever. Ps. xlv.
4. Angels. Cor. i.
5. The place where God peculiarly manifests his power and glory. The heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool. Is. lxvi.