throne room

noun

: a formal audience room containing the throne of a sovereign

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In a world where people on social media will believe almost anything, this supremely accomplished business titan is captured just in time for the imminent lunar eclipse that will carry them all back to her galactic throne room. Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025 His throne room is a concrete box; his scepter a smartphone smuggled in to his confines. Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025 The name itself is a nod to the jade jaguar throne room in Chichen Itza. Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025 These rooms include the trash compactor, Princess Leia’s prison cell and the tractor beam control room from A New Hope, and Emperor Palpatine’s throne room as seen in Return of the Jedi. Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for throne room

Word History

First Known Use

1787, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of throne room was in 1787

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“Throne room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/throne%20room. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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