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diadem
[ dahy-uh-dem ]
noun
- a crown.
- a cloth headband, sometimes adorned with jewels, formerly worn by monarchs in Asia Minor and other parts of the East.
- royal dignity or authority.
verb (used with object)
- to adorn with or as if with a diadem; crown.
diadem
/ ˈdaɪəˌdɛm /
noun
- a royal crown, esp a light jewelled circlet
- royal dignity or power
verb
- tr to adorn or crown with or as with a diadem
Word History and Origins
Origin of diadem1
Word History and Origins
Origin of diadem1
Example Sentences
In an infrared image released September 21, Neptune and its gossamer diadems of dust take on an ethereal glow against the inky backdrop of space.
Diving through the water, each is crowned in a diadem of bubbles.
Excavations at other El Argar sites in the 19th and 20th centuries yielded several females buried with diadems.
A semicircular silver headband, or diadem, with a disk that would have rested on the forehead or the bridge of the nose, was found on the woman’s skull.
He tossed the splendid diadem in the air, and catching it, turned to me smiling.
It is a diadem fit for a King among kings, an Emperor among emperors.
I do this every day, and yet the joy of waiting and at last touching again the diadem, only seems to increase as the days pass.
The road from the fort to the Diadem is extremely fatiguing, and fully three hours are required to accomplish the journey.
He wore a cock feather over his ear, and on his head a diadem set with enormous gems.
I dreamed that a nobleman came here for me in a silver coach, and that he offered me a golden diadem.
A diadem encircles her hair, she sits upon a throne, the throne rests upon clouds.
Americans are all equal—this is one of the gems in our diadem.
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