διάδημα, -τος, τό (διαδέω,
to bind round), [in LXX for כֶּתֶר (as Est.1:11), etc;] the band round the τιάρα of a Persian king;
a diadem, the badge of royalty: Rev.12:3 13:1 19:12.
SYN.: στέφανος, the badge of "victory, of valour, of nuptial joy, of festal gladness " (but see M,
Th., i, 219; cf.
DB, i, 530, 604). (
AS)