Her diadem was embedded with jewels. From LearnThat.org.
Imperial diadem from the representatives of Gaul; and his election was ratified by the acclamations of the Barbarians and provincials. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
The diadem was a mark of royal rank among the Asiatic nations. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Lives, Volume II] Reference
The crown, known as a diadem, contained a special carving at its uppermost point. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Madonna] Reference
Plotina, the consort of Trajan; she wears the imperial diadem, which is here composed of precious stones cut into facets. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture] Reference
In the Authorized Version of Ezek. 21: 26, this Hebrew word is rendered "diadem," but in the Revised Version, "mitre.". From Wordnik.com. [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference
20 In a solemn assembly of the civil and military powers of the empire, the diadem was again unanimously offered to the praefect Sallust. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
Kingly art thou, with glory on thy brow as a diadem. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
Juno is without the diadem, which was afterwards added. From Wordnik.com. [Rembrandt and His Works Comprising a Short Account of His Life; with a Critical Examination into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour. Illustrated by Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt.] Reference
Like the far-resplendent treasure in a monarch's diadem. From Wordnik.com. [The Minstrel A Collection of Poems] Reference
"See, I wear a diadem; here is thy throne, come with me.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Her attributes are the diadem, veil, sceptre, and peacock. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
The diadem of palms on the last outlying islet of the Malay. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Malay Archipelago] Reference
Diocletian resigned the imperial diadem, and was succeeded by. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
"Americans are all equal -- this is one of the gems in our diadem.". From Wordnik.com. [As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home] Reference
Georgia shine as the brightest star that gleams in Columbia's diadem. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. October 7 and 8, 1920] Reference
His personal crimes concentrated the vengeance of mankind upon his diadem. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
November, when Limbara is supposed to assume its diadem of snow, retaining it till April. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.] Reference
I was clad with justice: and I clothed myself with my judgment, as with a robe and a diadem. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 20: Job The Challoner Revision] Reference
From the very tip of the diadem staff to the chin the object measures thirty-one and a quarter inches. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921] Reference
The lofty brow which had borne so proudly the diadem of Semiramis and Junia, wore now a duchess's coronet. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
King Ethelbert, after having reigned fifty-six years, exchanged his temporal diadem for an eternal crown, in. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
Napoleon placed the sacred diadem on his own head and then on the head of Josephine, who knelt to receive it. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of Modern Europe] Reference
Cybele, daughter of Heaven and Earth, pictured as crowned with a diadem of towers, as the patroness of builders. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.] Reference
At length the little town of Garoet appears in a green valley, encircled by a diadem of peaks which suggest a tropical. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Malay Archipelago] Reference
Thus, nature, which gave the peacock a diadem on its head, and a throne in its tail, has given it a pair of frightful legs. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844] Reference
It will adorn your head with a far brighter diadem than that which you wear, as it will be the fruit only of your own virtue. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
His flamelike touches have always held this preciousness: notations rather for the courtly robe or diadem than just drawings. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
Fie, what a pair of quills below your gown; and what a sorry diadem to stand for two duchies and a marquisate of uncertain age!. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
At the same time we cannot repress a fear, that he is apt to be a little dazzled by the sparkling halo that surrounds a diadem. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
In 1812 he might have restored the kingdom of Poland, and stamped perpetual renown on his diadem, by an act of imperial justice. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
Go forth, ye daughters of Sion, and see king Solomon in the diadem, wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of the joy of his heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 24: Canticle of Canticles The Challoner Revision] Reference
On the threshold stood a lady of surpassing beauty: her robes were rich, and large, and full; and a diadem, sparkling with gems that shed. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers] Reference
Around her brows a jeweled circlet set like a diadem, and it crowned a young queen, proud and knowing very well her beauty and its power. From Wordnik.com. [Valley of the Croen] Reference
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