DIADEM

Diadem. Diadem
The tiara of a king (Ezek. 21:26; Isa. 28:5; 62:3); the turban (Job 29:14). In the New Testament a careful distinction is drawn between the diadem as a badge of royalty (Rev. 12:3; 13:1; 19:12) and the crown as a mark of distinction in private life. It is not known what the ancient Jewish “diadem” was. It was the mark of Oriental sovereigns. (See CROWN.)

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diadem. Diadem, n. a crown, wreath, mark of royalty

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Di″a‐dem (?), n. [[F. diadème, L. diadema, fr. Gr. �, fr. � to bind round; διά through, across + � to bind; cf. Skr. dā to bind.]] 1. 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.
2. 2. Regal power; sovereignty; empire; — considered as symbolized by the crown.
3. 3. (Her.) An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its center.
Diadem lemur. (Zoöl.) See Indri. — Diadem spider (Zoöl.), the garden spider.