A seat, throne.

Any kind of seat for one person; often, a chair of authority, state, or office; esp. a royal or episcopal throne. (Hence occasionally = see, n.1 4a)…

high settle (Old English héahsetl = Old High German hôhsedal): an elevated seat, a chair of dignity or state; a seat of honour at table; a…

Contextually applied to the chair set apart for the holder of some position of authority or dignity, the throne of a king or a bishop, or the like…

A long seat where a number of people sit side by side in some official capacity other than judicial; (formerly) a seat occupied by members of the…

A wooden seat (for one person) without arms or a back; a piece of furniture consisting in its simplest form of a piece of wood for a seat set upon…

A seat of authority, state, or dignity; a throne, bench, judgement-seat, etc.

A seat of office or dignity.

elliptical. A canopy, chair, dais, fold of ‘state’. to lay, make (an) estate: to make a fold of the cloth, in token of respect, opposite the king's…

Designating a richly or splendidly decorated object, place, etc., used on ceremonial occasions by a monarch or other person of high rank; (also)…

A raised chair with a canopy, used by a monarch or ruler; a throne. Cf. estate, n. 4d, state bed n. at compounds 3a. Obsolete.