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4 definitions found 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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