variants also coronel
Definition of coronalnext
as in crown
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 coronal The coronal loops that the scientists were able to identify measured an average of 30 miles wide, with some as as thin as 13 miles—making these the smallest coronal loops ever observed. Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025 The 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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Noun
  • State police later searched the area near the steel bridge and found among the piles of wood chips an envelope bearing the victim’s name, pieces of bone and tissue, a human fingernail and crowns to the victim’s teeth, prosecutors said.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The building’s crown was notoriously leaky in the past, although reportedly that’s been largely dealt with in the past couple of decades.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 27 Mar. 2026
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  • Many of the pieces, such as Queen Victoria’s sapphire-and-diamond coronet, carry intensely personal as well as political meaning.
    Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 14 Feb. 2026
  • This past July, she was seen wearing the coronet again during a State Banquet where France chose to attend for the first time in 17 years.
    Elle Meier, InStyle, 29 Dec. 2025

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“Coronal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coronal. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.

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