noun
Meaning 1
An ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty.
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noun
An ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty.
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noun
A crown.
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noun
Regal power; sovereignty; empire—considered as symbolized by the crown.
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noun
An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its centre.
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Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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verb
To adorn with a diadem; to crown.
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Antonyms: undiadem
noun
an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty
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Synonyms: crown
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Broader terms: crown jewels, jewelled headdress, jeweled headdress
Narrower terms: coronet
History
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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