diadem

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an ornamental headband or crown worn as a sign of royalty

   A gold diadem set with emeralds rested on the queen's brow.

2. 2
   noun

   something that encircles or adorns the head like a crown

   A diadem of frost glittered along the mountain ridge at dawn.

From Middle English diademe, through Old French and Latin diadema, from Greek diadema ('band, royal headband'). The Greek noun comes from diadein, 'to bind around,' describing the band worn around a ruler's head.

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