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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diadem \Di"a*dem\, v. t.
To adorn with a diadem; to crown.
Not so when diadem'd with rays divine. --Pope.
To terminate the evil, To diadem the right --R. H.
Neale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diadem \Di"a*dem\, n. [F. diad[`e]me, L. diadema, fr Gr ?, fr
? to bind round; dia` through across + ? to bind; cf Skr.
d[=a] to bind.]
1. Originally, an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by
Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty; hence (later),
also a crown, in general. ``The regal diadem.'' --Milton.
2. Regal power; sovereignty; empire; -- considered as
symbolized by the crown.
3. (Her.) An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also
of a coronet), and uniting with others over its center.
{Diadem lemur}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Indri}.
{Diadem spider} (Zo["o]l.), the garden spider.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
diadem
n : an ornamental headdress signifying sovereignty [syn: {crown}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Diadem
the tiara of a king (Ezek. 21:26; Isa. 28:5; 62:3); the turban
(Job 29:14). In the New Testament a careful distinction is drawn
between the diadem as a badge of royalty (Rev. 12:3; 13:1;
19:12) and the crown as a mark of distinction in private life.
It is not known what the ancient Jewish diadem" was It was the
mark of Oriental sovereigns. (See {CROWN}.)
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