Synonyms

anadem

American

[an-uh-dem] / ˈæn əˌdɛm /

noun

Archaic.

a garland or wreath for the head.

anadem British

/ ˈænəˌdɛm /

noun

poetic a garland for the head

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Etymology

Origin of anadem

1595–1605; < Latin anadēm ( a ) headband < Greek, derivative of anadeîn to bind up ( ana- ana- + dē- verbid stem of deîn to bind) + -ma noun suffix

Example Sentences

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Can I forget how Love once led the ways Of our two lives together, joining them; How every hour was his anadem, And every day a tablet in his praise!

From Shapes and Shadows by Cawein, Madison J.

Be merciful, and show The visage that I know; Let me regard Thee, as of yore, arrayed With disc and forehead-gem, With mace and anadem, Thou that sustainest all things!

From The Song celestial; or, Bhagabad-gîtâ (from the Mahâbhârata) being a discourse between Arjuna, prince of India, and the Supreme Being under the form of Krishna by Arnold, Edwin, Sir

And threw The wreath upon him like an anadem Which frozen tears instead of pearls begem.

From Adonais by Shelley, Percy Bysshe

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