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The Meaning of diadem

  • (n.) Originally, an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty; hence (later), also, a crown, in general.
  • (n.) Regal power; sovereignty; empire; -- considered as symbolized by the crown.
  • (n.) An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its center.
  • (v. t.) To adorn with a diadem; to crown.

Synonyms

crown

Rhymes

behm , bem , bethlehem , blehm , brehm , brem , cardizem , chem , clem , condemn , dehm , demme , difm , em , emme , femme , fm , gem , gemme , hem , hemm , hemme , jem , kehm , kem , khem , klem , klemm , lem , lemm , m , mayhem , mgm , pgm , phlegm , pm , ppm , prem , rehm , rem , remme , rhem , rpm , schemm , schwemm , stem , temme , them