thronos

American

[throh-nos] / ˈθroʊ nɒs /

noun

an ancient Greek chair, usually highly ornamented, having a high seat and back and rectangular turned or carved legs ending in animal feet.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

thronoi

plural

Etymology

Origin of thronos

1960–65; < Greek thrónos; see throne

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thronos

In the apse behind the altar and facing it is the thronos, the seat of the archbishop, with seats for priests on either side.

From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Esther Singleton

In Homeric and even in later times, a small table stood before each thronos.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines

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