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a throne dressed as furniture, where royalty once sat to discuss state affairs mid-business
means A piece of furniture that conceals a chamber pot or toilet, or (in its older sense) an ornate low chest of drawers.
from Straight from French commode, meaning 'convenient' or 'suitable,' from Latin commodus — com- ('with') plus modus ('measure'), literally 'fitting the measure.' In 18th-century French it named an elegant fitted chest of drawers; the word then drifted, with characteristic politeness, to cover the discreet cabinet hiding a chamber pot — convenience of a more private kind.
- royal habit
- Louis XIV held court while seated on his
- french double
- Also means an elegant chest of drawers
- groom of stool
- Tudor courtiers competed for the toilet-attendant role
- status symbol
- Ornate Versailles versions were carved and gilded
thomas crapper's royal flush — victorian plumber who popularized the flush toilet in 1880s england, giving his name to the slang term
versailles palace toilets — 18th century french royal commodes, some hidden in furniture, reflecting the elaborate chamber pot era before modern plumbing