crown

Crown may refer to: Monarchy The Crown, an abstract concept which represents the legal authority for the existence of some (Commonwealth) governmentsCrown (headgear), the headgear worn by a monarch, other high dignitaries, divinities, etc.Consort crownCoronation crownCrown of Thorns, in Christianity, the headgear placed on Jesus before his executionHungary's Holy CrownImperial crownState crownTriple Crown, the Papal TiaraGrass CrownNaval crownCivic CrownMural crown
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(n.)
A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence,a denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver coin of the value of five shillings sterling, or a little more than $1.20; the Danish or Norwegian crown, a money of account, etc., worth nearly twenty-seven cents.
  

(n.)
A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
  

(n.)
A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors, kings, princes, etc.
  

(n.)
A size of writing paper. See under Paper.
  

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A wreath or garland, or any ornamental fillet encircling the head, especially as a reward of victory or mark of honorable distinction; hence, anything given on account of, or obtained by, faithful or successful effort; a reward.
  

(n.)
An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is stamped with a crown.
  

(n.)
Anything which imparts beauty, splendor, honor, dignity, or finish.
  

(n.)
Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection.
  

(n.)
Imperial or regal power or dominion; sovereignty.
  

(n.)
Same as Corona.
  

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That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank.
  

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The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters.
  

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The bights formed by the several turns of a cable.
  

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The dome of a furnace.
  

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The part of a hat above the brim.
  

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The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth.
  

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The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the sovereign; -- with the definite article.
  

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The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.
  

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The topmost part of anything; the summit.
  

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The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of Bird.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; also, the head or brain.
  

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The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
  

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The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only.
  

(n.)
To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
  

(n.)
To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine pulley.
  

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To cover, decorate, or invest with a crown; hence, to invest with royal dignity and power.
  

(n.)
To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.
  

(n.)
To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
  

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The diadem or circlet worn by the king or monarch to signify their status, the Crown came to be imbued with a great deal of symbolic power, though the object itself was apparently worn seldom, mostly in court or for state occasions. Various monarchs during the high middle ages were from time to time forced to pawn their crowns to raise money, some of which were never recovered. Edward III's crown suffered such a fate as he was forced to borrow extensively to support his campaigns in France.
The term can also be used to refer to the person of the king, with an allusion to their power-'the crown'. Within the SCA , the term 'crown' does indeed refer to the person and to the office of the king, both. 

Crown In the Qabbalah, the first or highest Sephirah, Kether (Crown). In the Stanzas of Dzyan, "Fohat traces spiral lines to unite the sixth to the seventh -- the Crown" (SD 1:31), which means that fohat, in this case working as Eros or divine love, strives to blend atman with buddhi, and the same on the corresponding cosmic planes.
Crown also signifies the summit of attainment in initiation, spiritual sovereignty, or dignity or splendor, and is much used in those senses in both the Old and New Testaments, and was typically so employed in pagan initiatory rites.
The kings and pontiffs of modern times are the feeble imitators of former king-initiates, whose insignia comprised the crown, representative of the glory or buddhic splendor, which actually encircled the head of the initiate as a nimbus, as it does in the case of the yogi in samadhi and of the buddha. The ceremony of coronation was performed in the Mysteries as the outward symbol of the completion of this attainment; and that ceremony is still perpetuated. The later Roman emperors adopted the Eastern royal fillet, which they called by the Greek name diadema; the Papal tiara goes back through it to the Persian royal headdress of that name. The American Indian wears feathers imitating the rays of light from the head.