Diadem

Word DIADEM
Character 6
Hyphenation di a dem
Pronunciations /ˈdaɪ.ə.dəm/

Definitions and meanings of "Diadem"

What do we mean by diadem?

A crown worn as a sign of royalty. noun

Royal power or dignity. noun

To adorn with or as if with a diadem. transitive verb

To adorn with or as if with a diadem; crown.

In embryology, a term applied to certain eggs in the blastula stage. noun

Anciently, a head-band or fillet worn by kings as a badge of royalty. noun

Anything worn on the head as a mark or badge of royalty; a crown. noun

Figuratively, supreme power; sovereignty. noun

In heraldry, one of the arches which rise from the rim or circle of a crown, and support the mound or globe at the top. noun

In zoology, a certain monkey, Cercopithecus diadematus. noun

To adorn with a diadem; to crown. transitive verb

Originally, an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty; hence (later), also, a crown, in general. noun

Regal power; sovereignty; empire; -- considered as symbolized by the crown. noun

An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its center. noun

See Indri. noun

The garden spider. noun

An ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty. noun

A crown. noun

Regal power; sovereignty; empire—considered as symbolized by the crown. noun

To adorn with a diadem; to crown. verb

An ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty.

A crown.

Regal power; sovereignty; empire—considered as symbolized by the crown.

An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its centre.

Di·a·dem n. 1. A crown worn as a sign of royalty. 2. Royal power or dignity. tr.v. di·a·demed, di·a·dem·ing, di·a·dems Middle English diademe, from Old French, from Latin diadma, from Greek, band, from diadein, to bind around : dia-, dia- + dein, d-, to bind. Urban Dictionary

Diadem is usually a twin, and she argues with her twin a lot. When you meet her she is very quiet, but once you get to know her she is LOUD. She only has a few close friends, but is (mostly) a great person to be around. She is quite smart (but not smarter than her twin), and she does not think she is good at Art, but she is. She isn't very sporty, and she is a bit taller than average height. Whenever she argues with her twin brother, she gets vexed and doesn't stop talking. Her and her twin have telepathic powers and can finish each other’s sentences. If you ever meet a Diadem then do not let her go because she is a gem. Urban Dictionary

A crown worn as a symbol of power or royalty, Often associated with the highest authority within a governmental system Urban Dictionary

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The word "diadem" in example sentences

Every land illuminated by thy diadem is encircled by thy might; and in all the zone of the heavens there is not a rebel to rise up against thee. ❋ Unknown (1891)

Let us rather go out to meet it gallantly: or perhaps -- for all this pendulous orb, this fair gem in the sky's diadem, is not surely plague-striken -- perhaps, in some secluded nook, amidst eternal spring, and waving trees, and purling streams, we may find Life. ❋ Unknown (1826)

In the height of his prosperity, the victorious monarch, who had chastised the rashness of Gallus, and suppressed the revolt of Sylvanus, who had taken the diadem from the head of Vetranio, and vanquished in the field the legions of Magnentius, received from an invisible hand a wound, which he could neither heal nor revenge; and the son of ❋ Unknown (1206)

Imperial diadem from the representatives of Gaul; and his election was ratified by the acclamations of the Barbarians and provincials. ❋ Unknown (1206)

The crown, known as a diadem, contained a special carving at its uppermost point. ❋ Davis Bunn (2010)

Then, I saw that upon the crest of the diadem was a single great diamond wonderfully chiselled to represent a bat with outspread wings, the device upon the banners of the mystic realm. ❋ William Le Queux (1895)

A joy that has gone from us for ever is a jewel that trembles like a tear on Sorrow's breast, but the brightest stars in her diadem are the memories of hopes that have passed away unrealised and untold. ❋ Lily Dougall (1890)

You see, her diadem is a wreath of them; but the blossoms of it are not fastening enough for her hair, though it is not long yet -- (she is only in reality a Florentine girl of fourteen or fifteen) -- so the little darling knots it under her ears, and then makes herself a necklace of it. ❋ John Ruskin (1859)

Plotina, the consort of Trajan; she wears the imperial diadem, which is here composed of precious stones cut into facets. ❋ Unknown (1840)

The diadem was a mark of royal rank among the Asiatic nations. ❋ 46-120? Plutarch (1839)

She reaches at the golden diadem, which is to sear her brain; she perils life and soul for its attainment, with an enthusiasm as perfect, a faith as settled, as that of the martyr, who sees at the stake, heaven and its crowns of glory opening upon him. ❋ Unknown (1827)

Thus it is that the mind of the composer works spontaneously in selecting the musical jewels for the diadem which is to crown him with fame. ❋ James Francis Cooke (1917)

In the Authorized Version of Ezek. 21: 26, this Hebrew word is rendered "diadem," but in the Revised Version, "mitre." ❋ M.G. Easton (1897)

It is not known what the ancient Jewish "diadem" was. ❋ M.G. Easton (1897)

20 In a solemn assembly of the civil and military powers of the empire, the diadem was again unanimously offered to the praefect Sallust. ❋ Unknown (1206)

Stalin cast as a Tamerlane, the 'diadem'd outlaw', in Putin's production of Russian history astonishes.

Jugurtha marched too, clad in his kingly purple robes, his head bound for the last time with the tasseled white ribbon called the diadem, all his golden jeweled necklaces and rings and bracelets flashing in the early sun, for it was a perfect winter’s day, neither unspeakably cold nor inconveniently windy. ❋ McCullough, Colleen, 1937- (1990)

The diadem caught on a sturdy reed that grew out of an old tomb so that one of the sailors jumped in to rescue it. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

Alexander was grateful and gave him a rich reward, but he also ordered him punished for daring to place the diadem on his own head. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

He began to wear a purple diadem on his head just like the Great King, not a simple Macedonian fillet as he had in years past. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

To [adorn] with or as if with a diadem. Not so, when [diadem'd] with rays divine. --Pope. To terminate the evil, To diadem the right. --R. H. [Neale]. ❋ Niz_manc (2004)

A Diadem is [a crown] or [headband] used as a sign of [sovereignty]. ❋ Pecman (2020)

The Diademic land will be lost, [Consumed] by the [flames] of [ambition] to right an irredeemable wrong ❋ Ahmeephiros (2023)

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