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di⋅a⋅dem
[dahy-uh-dem] 
–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
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.
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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Diadem
Di"a*dem\, n. [F. diad[`e]me, L. diadema, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to bind round; dia` through, across + ? to bind; cf. Skr. d[=a] 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. "The regal diadem." --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["o]l.) See Indri. Diadem spider (Zo["o]l.), the garden spider.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.
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Language Translation for : diadem
Spanish:
corona,
German:
der Kranz, das Diadem,
Japanese:
冠状の頭飾り
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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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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