Anadem
a garland or wreath for the head.
historical examples
the latter now quietly fastened the anadem she had taken from her head in her sister’s hair, and drew her veil over her face.
a christian but a roman mr jkai
anadem, an′a-dem, n. a band or fillet bound round the head: a wreath or chaplet of flowers.
chambers’s twentieth century dictionary (part 1 of 4: a-d) various
and threw the wreath upon him like an anadem which frozen tears instead of pearls begem.
adonais sh-lley
noun
(poetic) a garland for the head
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