Crown
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A crown is the traditional symbolic form of headgear worn by a monarch or by a deity, for whom the crown traditionally represents power, legitimacy, victory, triumph, honour, and glory, as well as immortality, righteousness, and resurrection. In art, the crown may be shown being offered to those on Earth by angels. Apart from the traditional form, crowns also may be in the form of a wreath and be made of flowers, oak leaves or thorns and be worn by others, representing what the coronation part aims to symbolize with the specific crown. In religious art, a crown of stars is used similarly to a halo. Crowns worn by rulers often contain jewels.
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See also
- Polos
- Circlet
- Coronet
- Crown jewels
- Diadem
- Helmet
- Holy Crown of Hungary (Crown of St. Stephen)
- Hoop crown
- Great Crown of Victory
- Heraldic crowns
- Imperial Crown
- Laurel wreath
- Nemes
- Papal tiara
- Pschent
- Tiara
- Royal Crown
- War bonnet
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