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a fancy chair where sitting still counts as ruling and standing up risks everything.
means A ceremonial chair occupied by a monarch, bishop, or other sovereign figure on state occasions, used as a symbol of royal or sacred authority.
from From Greek 'thronos,' meaning a seat or elevated chair, which passed into Latin as 'thronus' and then through Old French 'trone' into English. The Greek word already carried the weight of high seats reserved for gods and rulers — the kind of chair you didn't slouch in. The modern jokey use for a toilet is centuries younger and entirely cheeky.
original meaningGreek thronos simply meant elevated seat
England's stoneCoronation chair held the captured Stone of Scone
royal slangthe throne became polite code for toilet
empty powervacant thrones triggered centuries of civil war
Ivan's terrorRussia's first tsar literally meant Caesar