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n. An ornamental, often jeweled, crownlike semicircle worn on the head by women on formal occasions.

n. The triple crown worn by the pope.

n. The papal crown.

n. An ornamental coronet.

n. A form of headdress worn by the ancient Persians. According to Xenophon, the royal tiara was encircled with a diadem, and was high and erect, while those of the people were flexible, or had rims turned over.

n. The pope's triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The papal dignity.

n. An ornament or article of dress with which the ancient Persians covered the head: a kind of turban.

n. A cylindrical diadem pointed at the top, tipped with the mound and cross of sovereignty, and surrounded with three crowns, which the Pope wears as a symbol of his threefold sovereignty.

n. Figuratively, the papal dignity.

n. A coronet or frontal; an ornament for the head: used loosely for any such ornament considered unusually rich: as, a tiara of brilliants.

n. In heraldry, a bearing representing a tall cap-like or pointed dome surrounded by three crowns, one above the other, and having at the point an orb and cross: it is supposed to represent the crown of the Pope.

n. In conchology: A miter-shell.

n. [capitalized] A genus of miter-shells.

n. a jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions

"Mancuso, who once was given a tiara from a coach as a joke and has since worn them at her Olympic medal ceremonies, says the "most interesting" part of her past month was a "Larry King Live" appearance."

jeweled headdress    jewelled headdress   

Amara    Asmara    Bara    Carrara    Ferrara    Fujiwara    Guadalajara    Guevara    Lara    Mara   

circlet    diadem    coronet    brooch    headdress    stickpin    bracelet    clasp    choker    vestments