thronewardadv.
/ˈθrəʊnwəd/, U.S. /ˈθroʊnwərd/ Towards a throne; spec. towards the seat of God.
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throneward1844
1844 E. B. Barrett Poems II. 275 When His priestly blood dropped downward, And His kingly eyes looked throneward.
1887 L. B. Fearing Sleeping World 30 My soul would gaze Throneward for God's dear blame or praise.
1912 Waterloo (Iowa) Times-Tribune 29 Dec. 4/5 And so, with heaven's clock pointing throneward, we count the strokes solemn and slow.
1996 A. Munich Queen Victoria's Secrets i. 16 The sweet victim walks throneward on the graves of relatives.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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