"throneless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: throne + -less Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|throne|less}} throne + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} throneless (not comparable)
  1. Without a throne. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-throneless-en-adj-VMRYzOAS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less

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          "text": "2003, Edward Slingerland, Confucius Analects, with selections from traditional commentaries, Indianapolis: Hackett, p. 230,\nIn later myth, Confucius is often referred to as the \"throneless ruler,\" the idea being that, if only he had been given a position of authority, he would have re-established the universal peace and order of the early Zhou."
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