| 单词 | to sit on the throne |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sit on the (also one's) throne P5. to sit on the (also one's) throne: to hold the position of ruler, to reign. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > sole rule > rule as monarch [verb (intransitive)] reignc1325 rikec1350 to sit on the (also one's) throne1538 to wield the (also a, one's) sceptre1567 monarchize1592 regalize1599 royalize1606 thronea1616 monarcha1653 sovereignize1661 1538 Certeine Prayers & Godly Meditacyons sig. Bviv Thou..gauest hym a sone syttinge vpon his trone, as it is at this day. 1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour i. ii. 12 That Monarch sits not safely on his Throne, Who bears, within, a power that shocks his own. 1853 1793 & 1853, in 3 Lett. 29 The result is, this present year 1853, a Bonaparte..sitting upon the French throne. 1989 L. Lochhead Mary Queen of Scots 23 And you think gin I sat on St Gile's hard pews on a Sunday I'd sit surer oan ma ain throne a' week lang? 2002 Independent 27 May 15/7 The Queen has sat on her throne for 50 years. < as lemmas |
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