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Word Meanings - DETHRONEMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Deposal from a throne; deposition from regal power.

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  • POWERFUL
    Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any
  • POWERABLE
    1. Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible. J. Young. 2. Capable of exerting power; powerful. Camden.
  • REGALIAN
    Pertaining to regalia; pertaining to the royal insignia or prerogatives. Hallam.
  • REGALIA
    1. That which belongs to royalty. Specifically: The rights and prerogatives of a king. Royal estates and revenues. Ensings, symbols, or paraphernalia of royalty. 2. Hence, decorations or insignia of an office or order, as of Freemasons, Odd
  • DEPOSITION
    The act of laying down one's testimony in writing; also, testimony laid or taken down in writting, under oath or affirmation, befor some competent officer, and in reply to interrogatories and cross-interrogatories. Syn. -- Deposition, Affidavit.
  • THRONELESS
    Having no throne.
  • REGAL
    Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway. "The regal title." Shak. He made a scorn of his regal oath. Milton. Syn. -- Kingly; royal. See Kingly.
  • REGALEMENT
    The act of regaling; anything which regales; refreshment; entertainment.
  • THRONE
    A high order of angels in the celestial hierarchy; -- a meaning given by the schoolmen. Milton. Great Sire! whom thrones celestial ceaseless sing. Young. (more info) 1. A chair of state, commonly a royal seat, but sometimes the seat of a prince,
  • POWERLESS
    Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect. -- Pow"er*less*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*less*ness, n.
  • REGALLY
    In a regal or royal manner.
  • REGALITY
    1. Royalty; ssovereignty; sovereign jurisdiction. robs reason of her due regalitie. Spenser. He came partly in by the sword, and had high courage in all points of regality. Bacon. 2. An ensign or badge of royalty.
  • POWER
    See FISH
  • REGALER
    One who regales.
  • REGALE
    A prerogative of royalty. Johnson.
  • REGALISM
    The doctrine of royal prerogative or supremacy. Cardinal Manning.
  • DEPOSAL
    The act of deposing from office; a removal from the throne. Fox.
  • MEDREGAL
    See 3
  • CANDLE POWER
    Illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle.
  • UNTHRONE
    To remove from, or as from, a throne; to dethrone. Milton.
  • DISTHRONE
    To dethrone.
  • DETHRONEMENT
    Deposal from a throne; deposition from regal power.
  • IMPOWER
    See EMPOWER
  • DETHRONER
    One who dethrones.
  • DETHRONE
    To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of supreme authority and dignity. "The Protector was dethroned." Hume.
  • POLICE POWER
    The inherent power of a government to regulate its police affairs. The term police power is not definitely fixed in meaning. In the earlier cases in the United States it was used as including the whole power of internal government, or the powers
  • DISEMPOWER
    To deprive of power; to divest of strength. H. Bushnell.
  • SUPERREGAL
    More than regal; worthy of one greater than a king. Waterland.
  • EMPOWER
    1. To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize ; as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor. 2. To give
  • UNPOWER
    Want of power; weakness. Piers Plowman.

 

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