Definitions for: Diadem

[n] an ornamental jewelled headdress signifying sovereignty

Webster (1913) Definition: Di"a*dem, n. [F. diad[`e]me, L. diadema, fr. Gr. ?, fr.
? to bind round; dia` through, across + ? to bind; cf. Skr.
d[=a] to bind.]
1. Originally, an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by
Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty; hence (later),
also, a crown, in general. ``The regal diadem.'' --Milton.

2. Regal power; sovereignty; empire; -- considered as
symbolized by the crown.

3. (Her.) An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also
of a coronet), and uniting with others over its center.

Diadem lemur. (Zo["o]l.) See Indri.

Diadem spider (Zo["o]l.), the garden spider.

Di"a*dem, v. t.
To adorn with a diadem; to crown.

Not so, when diadem'd with rays divine. --Pope.

To terminate the evil, To diadem the right. --R. H.
Neale.

Synonyms: crown

See Also: coronet, crown jewels, jewelled headdress

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