DIADEMS

Noun

diadems

plural of diadem

Verb

diadems

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diadem

Anagrams

• damside

Source: Wiktionary


DIADEM

Di"a*dem, n. Etym: [F. diadème, L. diadema, fr. Gr. da 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.)

Definition: An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its center. Diadem lemur. (Zoöl.) See Indri.

– Diadem spider (Zoöl.), the garden spider.

Di"a*dem, v. t.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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