Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without a throne, especially in the sense of having been deprived of a throne; deposed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having no throne.
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- adjective Without a
throne .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Though under Earth and throneless now I be, Yet, while I lived, all Earth was under me.
The Silver Chair Lewis, C. S. 1953
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Peace to the throneless dead, hail to the ruler who comes,
Pan and Æolus: Poems Charles Hamilton Musgrove
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Fitting for the throneless exile is the atmosphere of pall,
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 Various
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Onward their throneless orbs that know no beams, --
The Masque of the Elements Herman George Scheffauer 1902
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Germany, and Italy was transformed, the late emperor of France suddenly found himself a throneless fugitive, and the people of Paris passed through an experience unparalleled in the diversified history of that ancient city.
Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. Charles Morris 1877
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He, the hater of despotism, the abhorer of monarchy, the champion of the rights of man, the republican, accepting death to save the life of a deposed tyrant -- of a throneless king!
Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest Robert Green Ingersoll 1866
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As to the institutions of government, the laws and arrangements by which, as through a thousand channels, it should go forth to carry plenty and prosperity through the length and breadth of the country, it did not belong to Confucius, 'the throneless king,' to set them forth minutely.
The Chinese Classics: with a translation, critical and exegetical notes, prolegomena and copious indexes (Shih ching. English) — Volume 1 James Legge 1856
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This creature knelt before Chang-tsai, and cast forth from its mouth a slip of jade, on which was the inscription, -- 'The son of the essence of water shall succeed to the decaying Chau, and be a throneless king.'
The Chinese Classics: with a translation, critical and exegetical notes, prolegomena and copious indexes (Shih ching. English) — Volume 1 James Legge 1856
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For a while the throneless King gazed with mingled anger and astonishment at the angel, who met his glance with a look of compassion, and then said: "Who art thou, and why comest thou hither?" to which the
The Children's Longfellow Told in Prose Doris Hayman 1844
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Monkshaven was a name not unknown in the history of England, and traditions of its having been the landing-place of a throneless queen were current in the town.
Sylvia's Lovers — Complete Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1837
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