diadem
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.
to adorn with or as if with a diadem; crown.
Origin of diadem
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How to use diadem in a sentence
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.
Here is the first direct look at Neptune’s rings in more than 30 years | Christopher Crockett | September 23, 2022 | Science NewsDiving through the water, each is crowned in a diadem of bubbles.
The Whale Who Will Come Soon - Issue 105: Whale Songs | Rebecca Giggs | September 8, 2021 | NautilusExcavations 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.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
It is a diadem fit for a King among kings, an Emperor among emperors.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI 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.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe road from the fort to the diadem is extremely fatiguing, and fully three hours are required to accomplish the journey.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferHe wore a cock feather over his ear, and on his head a diadem set with enormous gems.
Honey-Bee | Anatole FranceI dreamed that a nobleman came here for me in a silver coach, and that he offered me a golden diadem.
Laboulaye's Fairy Book | VariousA diadem encircles her hair, she sits upon a throne, the throne rests upon clouds.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard MutherAmericans are all equal—this is one of the gems in our diadem.
As A Chinaman Saw Us | Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for diadem
/ (ˈdaɪəˌdɛm) /
a royal crown, esp a light jewelled circlet
royal dignity or power
(tr) to adorn or crown with or as with a diadem
Origin of diadem
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