Associations to the word «Diadem»

Wiktionary

DIADEM, noun. An ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty.
DIADEM, noun. A crown.
DIADEM, noun. Regal power; sovereignty; empire—considered as symbolized by the crown.
DIADEM, noun. (heraldry) An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its centre.
DIADEM, verb. To adorn with a diadem; to crown.

Dictionary definition

DIADEM, noun. An ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope