diademnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdaɪ.ə.dem/us/ˈdaɪ.ə.dem/a small crown (= circular decoration for the head) with jewels in it
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Jewellery
- badge
- beaded
- bindi
- bling
- charm bracelet
- choker
- clip-on
- crown
- filigree
- fob
- hoop
- knuckleduster
- locket
- paste
- pearl
- precious stone
- semiprecious
- tiepin
- trinket
- wedding ring
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Ceremonial clothes & objects
Examples from literature
- As she descends the stairs in her black velvet dress with its large collar of ermine and with a diadem of white roses on her hair, she is literally stunning.
- Love should be her diadem.
- She would have to own that she had been beaten, to confess that the diadem had passed from her brow, and the sceptre from her hand!
- So perished the most infamous woman that ever wore a royal diadem, as had been predicted.
- Upon her powdered, snowy hair is a little diadem of diamonds.