throneroom

See also: throne-room and throne room

English

Etymology

throne +‎ room

Noun

throneroom (plural thronerooms)

  1. A room in a palace in which the throne is situated
    • 1968, Antioch Review, volume 27, page 403:
      Thrones, chairs, tables, beds, ropes, carts, and guns appear in lightning speed to transform the stage into battlefields, bedrooms and thronerooms, into roads, docks, and taverns.
    • 2005, Mark Norris, The Dark Forest, page 91:
      Suddenly before them shone a throneroom of sparkling diamond, emerald, and transparent gold that overlooked a gleaming, golden altar fuming with smoke. Before it burned four flames that moved back and forth, then the vision vanished.
    • 2010, Irene Winter, On Art in the Ancient Near East, page 8:
      In its totality, the throneroom represents a complex play between convention and innovation in the sequence of ancient Mesopotamian art up to that point.
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