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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Diadem | by the DICT Development Group |
| 4 results for Diadem | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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]: | |
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Diadem \Di"a*dem\, n. [F. diad[8a]me, L. diadema, fr. Gr. [?], fr. [?] to bind round; dia` through, across + [?] to bind; cf. Skr. d[be] 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. [bd]The regal diadem.[b8] --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[94]l.) See {Indri}. {Diadem spider} (Zo[94]l.), the garden spider. | |
| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
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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}.) | |
