DIADEM
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Di"a*dem (?), n. [F. diadème, L. diadema, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to bind round; dia` through, across + &unr_; to bind; cf. Skr. d&ā; 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.
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2. Regal power; sovereignty; empire; -- considered as symbolized by the crown.
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3. (Her.) An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its center.
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Diadem lemur. (Zo&ö;l.) See Indri. -- Diadem spider (Zo&ö;l.), the garden spider.
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Di"a*dem, v. t. To adorn with a diadem; to crown.
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Not so, when diadem'd with rays divine.
Pope.
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To terminate the evil,
To diadem the right.
R. H. Neale.
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