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tiara - 4 dictionary results

ti⋅ar⋅a

[tee-ar-uh, -ahr-uh, -air-uh]
–noun
1. a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
2. Roman Catholic Church. a head-piece consisting of three coronets on top of which is an orb and a cross, worn by the pope, or carried before him during certain nonliturgical functions.
3. the position, authority, and dignity of the pope.
4. a high headdress, or turban, worn by the ancient Persians and others.

Origin:
1545–55; < L: headdress < Gk tira kind of turban


ti⋅ar⋅aed, adjective
ti⋅ar⋅a⋅like, adjective
ti·ar·a   (tē-ār'ə, -âr'ə, -är'ə)   
n.  
  1. An ornamental, often jeweled, crownlike semicircle worn on the head by women on formal occasions.
  2. The triple crown worn by the pope.

[Latin tiāra, turban, headband, from Greek tiārā.]

Tiara

Ti*a"ra\, n. [L., from Gr. ?, ?; of Persian origin.]

1. A form of headdress worn by the ancient Persians. According to Xenophon, the royal tiara was encircled with a diadem, and was high and erect, while those of the people were flexible, or had rims turned over.

2. The pope's triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The papal dignity.
Language Translation for : tiara
Spanish: diadema; tiara,
German: die Tiara,
Japanese: 小冠

tiara 
1555, "headdress of the Persian kings" (also worn by men of rank), from L. tiara, from Gk. tiara, of unknown origin. Earlier in Anglicized form tiar (1513).
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