throne room

noun

: a formal audience room containing the throne of a sovereign

Examples of throne room in a Sentence

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The team constructed a working head for the Wizard’s throne room that was entirely practical. Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025 Inside the palace’s throne room, the Wizard himself, Jeff Goldblum, pulls back the curtain to peer at his character’s magic and mechanics with senior special effects technician Christopher Clarke, who details how the Wizard’s massive robotic head comes to life. Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 Their desperate swordplay takes them racing up along a set of balconies above a tiled throne room. Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024 But a recent discovery of a throne room seemingly dedicated to a matriarch in Pañamarca, an archeological site in northwest Peru, indicates that was not the case for the Moche society that existed a millennia ago. Russell Contreras, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for throne room 

Word History

First Known Use

1787, in the meaning defined above

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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 15 Jan. 2025.

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