tiara

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a jeweled ornamental headpiece worn on formal occasions

   The bride wore a small diamond tiara with her veil.

2. 2
   noun

   a high ceremonial crown, especially the historic three-tiered papal crown

   The papal tiara is preserved in the museum's collection of ceremonial objects.

Simplified etymology

Tiara is a Greek word that reached English through Latin. It originally denoted the headdress of Persian kings and acquired its modern sense of an ornamental headband in the mid-17th century.

Through Latin tiara from Greek tiara, a word for a high eastern headdress, probably borrowed from an Iranian language. English later applied it to papal and jeweled ceremonial crowns.

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