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The Thrones (, pl. θρόνοι; , pl. throni) are a class of celestial beings mentioned by Paul the Apostle in . According to the New Testament, these high celestial beings are among those Orders at the Christ's service. They are the carriers of the Throne of God, hence the name.

According to Matthew Bunson, the corresponding order of angels in Judaism is called the abalim or "arelim/erelim, but this opinion is far from unrivaled. The Hebrew word erelim is usually not translated "Thrones", but rather "valiant ones", "heroes", "warriors". The function ascribed to erelim in and in Jewish folklore is not consonant with the lore surrounding the Thrones.

The Ophanim (Wheels or Galgallin) is a class of celestial beings, from , that are also equated with the "Thrones" occasionally. They are said to be great wheels covered in eyes.

Thrones (band)

Thrones is the solo project of bassist Joe Preston.

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The three other mistresses rose from their thrones and began removing the belts that held Failee.

Kluge watched as the rectangular table morphed back into its original five-pointed shape, the thrones moving back to their original positions.

My first task, then, clear-cut in the fourth panel, had been to hie me from Samos to Mount Atlas, where sat the crony trio on their thrones, facing outward back to back and shoulder shoulder in a mean triangle.

With one simple signature, in his twin role as heir to both the Acharite and the Icarii thrones, so much of the bitterness and hatred of the Wars of the Axe and the subsequent thousand-year period had been undone.

Will you and Orogastus share the thrones of Ruwenda and Labornok, after Voltrik is disposed of in this great plan of yours?

Betimes more biddable and less dangerous than wizards, and useful for fetching and carrying-but to think that such as these warmed thrones all over Darsar, while many mages were hunted and hated!

Each of the thrones, including the empty one, also moved, carrying each sorceress around the newly formed table until they were all on one side, facing the same direction.

He stared at the wizards, seated on their thrones, and burned each one into his memory.

Silent, unmoving, and totally oblivious to their wounds, the mistresses sat on their thrones as the blood dripped slowly from their arms to pool on the white marble floor.

The shards tore relentlessly into the bodies of the sorceresses, tossing them from their thrones and onto the floor.