anadem

anadem
/an"euh dem'/, n. Archaic.
a garland or wreath for the head.
[1595-1605; < L anadem(a) headband < Gk, deriv. of anadeîn to bind up (ana- ANA- + de- verbid s. of deîn to bind) + -ma n. suffix]

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