throne room

noun

: a formal audience room containing the throne of a sovereign

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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 The interior design for Oga’s Cantina was based on an unused sketch for Jabba the Hutt’s throne room by Star Wars concept artist Ralph McQuarrie, who worked on the early development and visualization of the original space opera trilogy. Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 21 Aug. 2025 Actors Sam Retford, Seamus McLean Ross, and Connor MacNeill tell us about filming that epic throne room scene. Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025 Here are some of the latest discoveries: Dig at ancient king’s throne room unearths 26,000-pound carving. Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 23 May 2025 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 10 Sep. 2025.

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