Meaning

(countable) A realm; a kingdom, principality, etc..

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable) A realm; a kingdom, principality, etc.
2. (uncountable) Sovereignty.
3. A position of dominance; ascendancy.

Example Sentences

In Scripture, we read of thronedoms and principalities ; of the angelic hosts.

The thronedom of Bulgaria once secured, Our conquering arms shall further southward tend ;

First, he consolidated his thronedom.

Well, my dear friends, aspire to this spiritual thronedom: subdue your own heart, and become a king of men.

But the Western Powers, and Great Britain especially, had ever taken Turkey under their nominal protection ; at any rate, they would not quietly sit by and see Russia seize upon that key to the thronedom of the world without a word.

You must remember that within a very few years — in fact, within the memory of each one of us — this child of yours has sprung from the gutter to the thronedom of kings, and for that reason only you should get him back into your fold.

Though his observation was occasioned on the ascension of one historic house to an European thronedom after centuries of struggle with an entrenched rival, it is a truism as surely applicable to individual as to nation, clan or institution.

Better I ween the harmlessness that passeth on its path, In the quiet light of the inner sight where deep thought thronedom hath ;

Word Forms

• thronedoms

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