Tiara
[tɪ'ɑːrə] or [tɪ'ɑrə]
Definition
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Triple-crown (of the Pope).
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Definition
n. the lofty ornamental head-dress of the ancient Persians: a head-dress: the mitre of the Jewish high-priest: the pope's triple crown the papal dignity—also (poet.) Tiar.—adj. Tiā′raed wearing a tiara.
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Examples
- The triple crown of the popes is more commonly called the tiara. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They relate how he began to wear the robes and tiara of a Persian monarch. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Ah yes, I recall the case; it was concerned with an opal tiara. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The Austrian crown is a sort of cleft tiara, having in the middle a semicircle of gold supporting a mound and cross; the tiara rests on a circle with pendants like those of a miter. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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