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Diadem
Definitions
- 1 An ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty.
"The Apollon wing of the Louvre has a set of historic crowns, diadems and sovereign jewellery."
- 2 an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty wordnet
- 3 A crown.
"And vvhen the princely Perſean Diadem, / Shall ouervveigh his vvearie vvitleſſe head, / And fall like mellovved fruit, vvith ſhakes of death, / In faire Perſea noble Tamburlain / Shall be my Regent, and remaine as King:"
- 4 Regal power; sovereignty; empire—considered as symbolized by the crown.
- 5 An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its centre.
- 1 To adorn with a diadem; to crown.
"The star of her destiny is the morning star of the new-born century. O’er the Golden Gate it glitters, diademming this youthful Queen of the Pacific in her robes of freedom gorgeously inlaid with gold."
Etymology
From Middle English diademe, dyademe, from Old French diademe, from Latin diadēma, from Ancient Greek διάδημα (diádēma, “band, especially worn around a tiara”), from διαδέω (diadéō, “bind around”).
From Middle English diademe, dyademe, from Old French diademe, from Latin diadēma, from Ancient Greek διάδημα (diádēma, “band, especially worn around a tiara”), from διαδέω (diadéō, “bind around”).
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