Diadem

Definitions

1. An ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty.
2. A crown.
3. Regal power; sovereignty; empire—considered as symbolized by the crown.
4. An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its centre.

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Examples

“The Apollon wing of the Louvre has a set⟳ of historic crowns, diadems and sovereign jewellery.”

“And vvhen the princely Perſean Diadem, / Shall ouervveigh his vvearie vvitleſſe head, / And fall⟳ like⟳ mellovved fruit, vvith ſhakes of death, / In faire Perſea noble Tamburlain / Shall be my Regent, and remaine as King:”

“I am his firſt borne ſonne, that vvas the laſt / That vvare the Imperiall Diademe of Rome, […]”

“The fever’d diadem on my brow / I claim’d and won usurpingly— / Hath not the same fierce heirdom given / Rome to the Caesar—this to me?”

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