Meaning of Tiara | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A female given name from English from the noun tiara
2. The three-tiered papal crown.
3. An ornamental coronet.

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Examples

“I had scarcely taken my accustomed low seat at her side, when, opening a casket which stood on the table near her, she took out a diamond tiara, and, placing it in my hair, pointed to the glass. 'Ah, my child!' she exclaimed, 'you well become your future crown!' and, without waiting for my reply, she informed me that my father's negotiations for my marriage had been completely successful, and that the King of Poland had demanded my hand.”

“[T]heir tiaræ are like those of the magi; […]”

“The Bactrians wore tiaræ like the Persians, with bamboo bows, and short javelins.”

“For the latter bears a pair of winged bulls with tiaræ and feathered necks, after the so much admired Assyrian prototype; […]”

“Shells may also be observed in slightly recessed niches, where pediments are replaced with tiarae and flapping infulae, the jambs of which are not flanked with small columns but with colossal keys with candelabra occupying the space.”

“During the Bronze Age in the Near East kings and gods often wore tiarae and helmets provided with horns […]”

“The images of these divinities, including that of Ishtar, were richly dressed and decorated with tiarae (for references see Romano 1988, 133). […] A comparison may also be made with the terracotta statuettes of the daedalic style from Gortyn in Crete, where richly decorated garments as well as high tiarae are worn by female figures (e.g. Rizza and Scrinari 1968, pls XV: 91, XVII: 101).”

“In the centre of the front side, two male standing figures are shown, dressed in tunicae with long sleeves, wearing tiarae and holding two double headed axes and stylized palm branches in their hands.”

“Next, I am DJing back-to-back with Diana, Princess of Wales. “The crowd’s ready for the drop,” she shouts in my ear, holding a headphone to her tiara.”

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