rare. [L.] a. A throne. (Cf. SOLIE.) b. A tub or similar receptacle for water.
a. 1806. H. K. White, Christiad, I. xii. Wks. 1807, II. 179. High on a solium of the solid wave … He stood in silence.
1840. J. Hodgson, Hist. Northumb., III. II. 319/2. Whether it had any … cistern or solium for hot water has not been ascertained.
