seat of power
Where rulers govern
A seat of power is the place where authority is concentrated and exercised—a capital city, government building, or headquarters from which leaders govern: Washington D.C. is the seat of power in the United States.
The phrase evokes both physical location and symbolic authority, suggesting where decisions are made and influence radiates outward.
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- iron throneMonarch's seat of swords
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- scepterCeremonial staff of sovereignty
- governmentAuthority over a state
capital · executive branch · oligarchy · inner circle · parliament · dais · empire · Constantinople · monarchy · palace · cathedra · dictatorship · legislature · headquarters · command center · sovereignty · ruling class · Forbidden City
- Power Centersheadquarters, head office, main office, central office, command center
- powerpotency, energy, hydropower, horsepower, vigor
- feudalismfief, vassal, fealty, homage, lord
- metaphorsbroken heart, dead metaphor, mixed metaphor, time is money, extended metaphor
- central controlnerve center, control center, command center, headquarters, hub
seat of powercolony
Dependent territorial settlement
vassal state · occupied territory · puppet state · protectorate · dependency
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