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diadems

diadems is the plural of diadem.

diadems is the third-person singular simple present indicative of diadem.

Meaning of diadem

Noun

diadem (plural diadems)

  1. An ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty.
    • The Apollon wing of the Louvre has a set of historic crowns, diadems and sovereign jewellery.2025 October 19, Angelique Chrisafis, “‘Priceless’ jewellery stolen from Louvre in raid by ‘experienced’ thieves”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  2. A crown.
    • And vvhen the princely Perſean Diadem, / Shall ouervveigh his vvearie vvitleſſe head, / And fall like mellovved fruit, vvith ſhakes of death, / In faire Perſea noble Tamburlain / Shall be my Regent, and remaine as King:c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  3. Regal power; sovereignty; empire—considered as symbolized by the crown.
  4. An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its centre.

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Questions about diadems

What is diadems the plural of?
Diadems is the plural of diadem.

Words near diadems in the dictionary

  1. diademed sifakas
  2. diademes
  3. diademing
  4. diademmed
  5. diademming
  6. diadems
  7. diadenosine
  8. diadenylate
  9. diadenylates
  10. diadenylyl
  11. diadermal

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