Tiara

Word TIARA
Character 5
Hyphenation ti a ra
Pronunciations /tiˈɑːɹə/

Definitions and meanings of "Tiara"

What do we mean by tiara?

An ornamental, often jeweled, crownlike semicircle worn on the head by women on formal occasions. noun

The triple crown historically worn by the pope, especially at his coronation ceremony, and still used heraldically as a symbol of the papacy. noun

An ornament or article of dress with which the ancient Persians covered the head: a kind of turban. noun

A cylindrical diadem pointed at the top, tipped with the mound and cross of sovereignty, and surrounded with three crowns, which the Pope wears as a symbol of his threefold sovereignty. noun

Figuratively, the papal dignity. noun

A coronet or frontal; an ornament for the head: used loosely for any such ornament considered unusually rich: as, a tiara of brilliants. noun

In heraldry, a bearing representing a tall cap-like or pointed dome surrounded by three crowns, one above the other, and having at the point an orb and cross: it is supposed to represent the crown of the Pope. noun

In conchology: A miter-shell. noun

capitalized A genus of miter-shells. noun

A form of headdress worn by the ancient Persians. According to Xenophon, the royal tiara was encircled with a diadem, and was high and erect, while those of the people were flexible, or had rims turned over. noun

The pope's triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The papal dignity. noun

The papal crown. noun

An ornamental coronet. noun

A jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions noun

The papal crown.

An ornamental coronet.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Tiara

The word "tiara" in example sentences

_mitra_, and [Greek: tiara], Lat. _tiara_, to designate two different kinds of covering for the head in use amongst the Oriental races, each one of a distinct and peculiar form, though as being foreigners, and consequently not possessing the technical accuracy of a native, they not unfrequently confound the two words, and apply them indiscriminately to both objects. ❋ Various (1852)

Mancuso, who once was given a tiara from a coach as a joke and has since worn them at her Olympic medal ceremonies, says the "most interesting" part of her past month was a "Larry King Live" appearance. ❋ Unknown (2010)

An orange feathered boa that properly accents the funky new green crushed velour shirt and pink cowboy hat with a built-in tiara, now also sporting a feathery Mardi Gras mask. ❋ Zenmomma (2008)

My pink cowboy hat with a built-in tiara, now also sporting a feathery Mardi Gras mask. ❋ Zenmomma (2008)

My sense of humor, which I'm going to need to pull off an outfit made from a funky new green crushed velour shirt with a pink cowboy hat with a built-in tiara, now also sporting a feathery Mardi Gras mask and orange feathered boa. ❋ Zenmomma (2008)

This past week, she's begun to dress up in tiara and tutu and refer to herself in the third person as "the ballerina." ❋ Kittenpie (2007)

Also rowena ravenclaw is a woman so that might point to a feminine object like a tiara, and the revenclaws are brainy people – again tiara – a crown for the head. .honouring the brain … right? ❋ Unknown (2005)

I guess his “corsage” is a lot bigger than yours… 3. The tiara is a prop for evil. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The first proven appearance of the word tiara as the designation of the papal head-covering is in the life of Paschal II (1099-1118), in the "Liber ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Alison – Oh ya – the tiara is a big thing as is Hello Kitty. ❋ Unknown (2008)

One more shift as the lowly student... too bad my tiara is a little too small. ❋ Mother Jones RN (2007)

The three-tiered papal crown was called the tiara, also known as "triregnum." ❋ Unknown (2005)

The three-tiered papal crown was called the tiara, also known as triregnum. ❋ Unknown (2005)

It was for them the sign of princeship, as a tiara was the sign of godhead. ❋ Jean Jules Jusserand (N/A)

Of much importance for the tiara was the third period of development that began with the pontificate of Boniface VIII. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

The tiara was a present from the King on the preceding Christmas. ❋ Unknown (1886)

Bel sometimes wore a tiara with his bull's horns; the tiara was the crown subsequently worn by the Persian kings, and it became, in time, the symbol of Papal authority. ❋ Ignatius Donnelly (1866)

"And I," added the younger, "will have but my ordinary silk petticoat, but I shall adorn it with an upper skirt of flowered brocade, and shall put on my diamond tiara, which is a great deal finer than anything of yours." ❋ Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1856)

[64] 'The youth:' Alexander the Great: the tiara was the crown peculiar to the Asian princes: his desire to be thought the son of ❋ Alexander Pope (1716)

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