#333 diadem

diadem- a royal crown, especially a light jewelled circlet; royal dignity or power

C13 from Latin diadema, from Greek diadein to bind around

Every land illuminated by thy diadem is encircled by thy might; and in all the zone of the heavens there is not a rebel to rise up against thee.

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