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di⋅a⋅dem

  [dahy-uh-dem]
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–noun
1. a crown.
2. a cloth headband, sometimes adorned with jewels, formerly worn by Oriental kings.
3. royal dignity or authority.
–verb (used with object)
4. to adorn with or as if with a diadem; crown.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME diademe (< AF) < L diadēma < Gk diádēma fillet, band, equiv. to diadē- (verbid s. of diadeîn to bind round + -ma n. suffix
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di·a·dem   (dī'ə-děm', -dəm)   
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
To adorn with or as if with a diadem.

[Middle English diademe, from Old French, from Latin diadēma, from Greek, band, from diadein, to bind around : dia-, dia- + dein, dē-, to bind.]
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Word Origin & History

diadem 
c.1290, from L. diadema "cloth band worn around the head as a sign of royalty," from Gk. diadema, from diadein "to bind across," from dia- "across" + dein "to bind," related to desmos "band." Used of the headband worn by Persian kings and adopted by Alexander the Great and his successors.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

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.)

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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