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  • noun Plural form of diadem.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of diadem.

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Examples

  • Parthian monarch himself, had accepted their diadems from the hands of the emperor; that the independent tribes of the Median and Carduchian hills had implored his protection; and that the rich countries of Armenia, Mesopotamia, and Assyria, were reduced into the state of provinces.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • Colchos received their diadems from the lieutenants of Caesar.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • Six more crowns and ten V-shaped headdresses called diadems were arrayed on top of his body.

    National Geographic News 2009

  • Six more crowns and ten V-shaped headdresses called diadems were arrayed on top of his body.

    National Geographic News 2009

  • Six more crowns and ten V-shaped headdresses called diadems were arrayed on top of his body.

    Zee News : India National 2009

  • Identifying Him with the Son of man similarly described, Re 1: 14. many crowns -- Greek, "diadems": not merely (Greek, "stephanoi") garlands of victory, but royal crowns, as King of kings.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • But there, ten crowns are on the ten horns (for before the end, the fourth empire is divided into ten kingdoms); here, seven crowns (rather, "diadems," Greek, "diademata," not stephanoi, "wreaths") are upon his seven heads.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • There were ropes of pearls and heaps of necklaces, armlets, brooches, and diadems.

    The Night Of the Solstice L.J. SMITH 2010

  • These frames were normally finished in silver and gold revetment, where every inch was meticulously embedded with patterns of holy ornamentation—crosses, diadems, faces, and so on.

    The Black Madonna Davis Bunn 2010

  • Among the pieces on display are cutwork diadems, funerary masks, ornaments and ritual containers.

    Going for the Gold 2008

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