a decorative band or wreath worn about the head as a symbol of victory or honor
a Renaissance portrait of a noble woman of Florence wearing a bejeweled coronal
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Recent Examples of coronalThe dramatic coronal headpiece was meant to evoke the Virgin Mary.—New York Times, 8 May 2018 See All Example Sentences for coronal
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crown
Noun
An icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe keeps watch from the mantel; a painting of her cat wearing a crown overlooks her shelves and shelves of books.
—
Nancy Walecki,
The Atlantic,
7 Aug. 2025
RuPaul's Drag Race season 5 queen Alaska won the All Stars 2 crown — and now a ring from partner Matthew Herrmann, whom the drag superstar exclusively tells Entertainment Weekly proposed to her Sunday night in her hometown of Erie, Pa.
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