double crown
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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By then, abacot had taken on a life of its own, referring to not just any cap but a "Cap of State, made like a double crown, worn anciently by the Kings of England."
From Salon • Oct. 4, 2021
Narmer created a double crown from the red and white crowns.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012
He is one of the very few American artists to get this double crown in their lifetime, thanks to the enthusiasm with which William Rubin, MOMA's director of painting and sculpture, views his work.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the hill opposite, like a romantic vision, sits an amphitheater of golden-tinted houses with red-tiled roofs rising row upon row to the double crown of a ducal palace and a Norman tower.
From Time Magazine Archive
She went upstairs, got one of her Egypt books, and showed the rest of them that the tenpins were shaped exactly like the inner part of the double crown of Egypt.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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