tiara
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1. tiara - Noun
2. tiara - Verb
3. Tiara - Proper noun
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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.
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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According to a royal biography by Robert Jobson, the tiara was rumoured to be Meghan Markle's first choice for her wedding, but the Queen reportedly preferred she wore one that did not have links to Russia.
A gold lasso, a gold belt, gold arm bands, and a shining tiara are this Superhero's most recognizable assets.
Beneath the shield he added the pallium, a papal symbol of authority more ancient than the tiara, the use of which is also granted to metropolitan archbishops as a sign of communion with the See of Rome.
In 1440, Aleman placed the tiara upon the head of Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (henceforward known as Antipope Felix V).sfn Eugenius responded by excommunicating the antipope and depriving Aleman of all his ecclesiastical dignities.
It must have brought back amazing memories for Elizabeth and Philip of their own Nov. 20, 1947 wedding, as Beatrice wore the same diamond fringe tiara that Elizabeth wore to marry Philip in London’s Westminster Abbey.
In 2005, Pope Benedict XVI, while maintaining the crossed keys behind the shield, omitted the papal tiara from his personal coat of arms, replacing it with a mitre with three horizontal lines.