Diadem

Definition of Diadem

Di´a`dem
n.1.Originally, an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty; hence (later), also, a crown, in general.
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
(Zool.) See Indri.
Diadem spider
(Zool.) the garden spider.
v. t.1.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.

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