Gesalec proved incompetent, and in 511 king Theodoric assumed the throne of the kingdom ostensibly on behalf of Amalaric — Heather uses the word " hijacked " to describe his action.

Because he had sealed under duress, however, John received approval from the Pope to break his word as soon as hostilities had ceased, provoking the First Barons ' War and an invited French invasion by Prince Louis of France ( whom the majority of the English barons had invited to replace John on the throne and had him proclaimed king in London in May 1216 ).

When word came of Laius's death, Creon offered the throne of Thebes as well as the hand of his sister ( and Laius ' widow ) Jocasta, to anyone who could free the city from the Sphinx.

From his throne at Leiden he ruled the learned world ; a word from him could make or mar a rising reputation, and he was surrounded by young men eager to listen to and profit from his conversation.

The word throne itself is from Greek θρόνος ( thronos ), " seat, chair ", in origin a derivation from the PIE root " to support " ( also in dharma " post, sacrificial pole ").

In the Book of Esther ( 5: 3 ), the same word refers to the throne of the king of Persia.

Padmasana is a term derived from sanskrit word padma: lotus, and sana: seat or throne.

King Shantanu was unable to give his word on accession as his eldest son Bhishma was the heir to the throne.

However, Bhishma came to know of this and for the sake of his father, gave his word to the ferryman that he would renounce all his claims to the throne, in favour of Satyavati's children.

The word mihrab originally had a non-religious meaning and simply denoted a special room in a house ; a throne room in a palace, for example.

Though from the start of the Joseon Dynasty Korean kings had given top priority to the education of their sons, Cheoljong could not even read a single word on the notice delivering congratulations to him on his elevation to the royal throne.

When word arrived that the Glorious Revolution had placed William and Mary on the throne, the citizens of Boston arrested Andros and sent him back to England in chains.

The word is of Welsh origin, meaning " throne ".

" In contrast, the Uvavai has a more detailed account: The officer in charge of Mahavira's routine, Ajatasatru coming down the throne expressing his feelings and obeisance with utterance of the word Namothhanam, his meeting with Mahavira and his concluding words, " What to speak of the excelling thee, none other Sramana or Brahmana could have given such a brilliant exposition of the Dhamma as thou hast done.

After the death of Emperor Magnus Maximus, Gracianus usurped the throne from the rightful king, Dionotus, upon receiving word of Maximus's demise.

It is probable that the " invasion " was not from outside the kingdom ; because the word regnum can refer to the office of the king, it is likely that Roderic merely usurped the throne.

The word szék ( meaning " seat " as " throne ") is related to its important role in the 1st centuries of the Kingdom of Hungary: székhely means a ( royal ) residence, center.

A throne room is the room, often rather a hall, in the official residence of the crown, either a palace or a fortified castle, where the throne of a senior figure ( usually a monarch ) is set up with elaborate pomp — usually raised, often with steps, and under a canopy, both of which are part of the original notion of the Greek word thronos.

Queen Elizabeth II during her Silver Jubilee Loyal Address, referring to her vow to God and her people in her ascension to the throne when she was 25: " Although that vow was made in my salad days, when I was green in judgement, I do not regret nor retract one word of it.

) the etymology refers to, but also other regalia in the widest sense, such as a throne or other seat of office, the word is a convenient generic term, also for such more specific cases as coronation ( see that article and regalia for more on such ceremonies ) and enthronement, though these are also used ( rather imprecisely, by analogy ) in such extended sense.

The winner's prize is a traditional Watermen's red coat with a silver badge added, displaying the horse of the House of Hanover and the word " Liberty ", in honour of the accession of George I to the throne.

It is not to be confused with the ruling Prince's title " Sovereign Prince of Monaco ", from which the first word is commonly dropped, or with the title of the heir apparent or presumptive to the throne, Hereditary Prince of Monaco.

* Arabic word for throne, as in the Tunisian title Bey al-Kursi

Suddenly the Spanish became an English in which only one word emerged with clarity and precision, `` son of a bitch '', sometimes hyphenated by vicious jabs of a beer bottle into Johnson's quivering ribs.

When the Half Moon put in at Dartmouth, England, in the fall of 1609, word of Hudson's findings leaked out, and English interest in him revived.

In his mind he spoke simultaneously the English sentence and the Martian word and felt closer grokking.

The singular alga is the Latin word for a particular seaweed and retains that meaning in English.

The use of the word abacus dates before 1387 AD, when a Middle English work borrowed the word from Latin to describe a sandboard abacus.

The English word alphabet came into Middle English from the Late Latin word alphabetum, which in turn originated in the Greek ἀλφάβητος ( alphabētos ), from alpha and beta, the first two letters of the Greek alphabet.

For example, the spelling of the Thai word for " beer " retains a letter for the final consonant " r " present in the English word it was borrowed from, but silences it.

Only after 1915, with the suggestion and evidence that this Z number was also the nuclear charge and a physical characteristic of atoms, did the word and its English equivalent atomic number come into common use.

" English borrowed the word from Spanish in the early 18th century.

Much like the relationship between British English and American English, the Austrian and German varieties differ in minor respects ( e. g., spelling, word usage and grammar ) but are recognizably equivalent and largely mutually intelligible.

The word " alphabet " in English has a source in Greek language in which the first two letters were " A " ( alpha ) and " B " ( beta ), hence " alphabeta ".

Thomas Henry Huxley, an English biologist, coined the word agnostic in 1869.

The word angst was introduced into English from Danish angst via existentialist Søren Kierkegaard.

The English word Alps derives from the French and Latin Alpes, which at one time was thought to be derived from the Latin albus (" white ").

Cognate words are the Greek ( ankylοs ), meaning " crooked, curved ," and the English word " ankle ".

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The Latin-derived form of the word is " tecnicus ", from which the English words technique, technology, technical are derived.

The French word artiste ( which in French, simply means " artist ") has been imported into the English language where it means a performer ( frequently in Music Hall or Vaudeville ).

The English word ' artiste ' has thus, a narrower range of meaning than the word ' artiste ' in French.