[A diadem is a crown, sometimes jeweled, worn by monarchs and others as a badge of royalty. It is also used figuratively to refer to something being the crown jewel of something else.] The Orbit Grand [in Mumbai], a block-size complex designed to have at least 26 floors of elegant apartments, an extensive array of ground-floor stores and abundant parking for the chauffeured cars of residents and shoppers, was supposed to be a diadem of India’s real estate market. (Keith Bradsher, “A Housing Slump in India,” The New York Times, 9/10/2013.)
This word can also be a synonym for tiara.
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