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Word entry · 6 letters

diadem

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"Jeweled crown"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈdaɪ.əˌdɛm/Part of speech nounSorted addeimStarts with DEnds with M1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty

Word origin

From Middle English diademe, dyademe, from Old French diademe, from Latin diadēma, from Ancient Greek διάδημα (diádēma, “band, especially worn around a tiara”), from διαδέω (diadéō, “bind around”).

Used in a sentence

  • The Apollon wing of the Louvre has a set of historic crowns, diadems and sovereign jewellery.
  • And vvhen the princely Perſean Diadem, / Shall ouervveigh his vvearie vvitleſſe head, / And fall like mellovved fruit, vvith ſhakes of death, / In faire Perſea noble Tamburlain / Shall be my Regent, and remaine as King:
  • I am his firſt borne ſonne, that vvas the laſt / That vvare the Imperiall Diademe of Rome, […]

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