[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/crown/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) / crown # crown noun (a crown, crowns); verb (crown, crowns, crowned, crowning) «crown» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A crown is a round ornament, often gold with jewels, that a king or queen wears on the head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#m1) 2. The Crown means the power of the king or queen and the government. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#m2) 3. The crown is the top part of something, like your head, a hat, a tree or a tooth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#m3) 4. A crown is a cover a dentist puts on a damaged tooth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#m4) 5. To crown means to put a crown on someone to make them king or queen, or to declare someone a winner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#m5) ### In the lessons In history lessons, pupils learn about kings, queens and coronations. In stories and fairy tales, crowns mean power. In everyday life, a winner can be crowned champion. Phrases: wear a crown, be crowned, the crown jewels, crown of the head. ### Examples - The queen wore a golden crown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#x1) - The new king was crowned in the abbey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#x2) - She was crowned champion of the spelling bee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#x3) - We made paper crowns for the party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#x4) - The crown jewels are kept in the Tower of London. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#x5) - The dentist put a crown on my grandma's tooth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#x6) - The ball hit him on the crown of his head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#x7) - "Then give me your gold crown." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/#x8) ### Note Countable noun; verb: crowned. A coronation is when a king or queen is crowned. Rhymes with down and town. A crown is also an old coin in Britain and money in some countries. ## In Jewish tradition In the Torah a crown is a gold rim on a holy object or a priest's headdress, such as the ark, the table or the high priest's mitre. In the Prophets and Writings it is also the royal crown of a king, a sign of honour and glory, and "to crown" can mean to honour or bless, as God crowns the year with goodness. **Interpretation.** Tradition counts three crowns: of Torah, priesthood and kingship, and says the crown of a good name is greater than all. In Sefer Yetzirah, "crowned" letters are given rule over parts of the world. Tradition reads losing a crown, as Job says, as losing honour and standing. ### Examples - And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereto a crown of gold round about. (Torah EXO.37.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crown/#x1) - And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. (Torah EXO.25.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crown/#x2) - And thou shalt set the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. (Torah EXO.29.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crown/#x3) - Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness; and Thy paths drop fatness. (Writings PSA.65.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crown/#x4) - He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. (Writings JOB.19.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crown/#x5) - His enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his crown shine.' (Writings PSA.132.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crown/#x6) ### Note Countable noun; verb: crowned. A coronation is when a king or queen is crowned. Rhymes with down and town. A crown is also an old coin in Britain and money in some countries. ## Early Modern English ### Meaning A ring of gold or jewels worn on the head by a king or queen; in the Sefer Yetzirah sentence it means the highest point of a list. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/crown/#m1) ### Then and now Today it means a king's or queen's ornament. In the Sefer Yetzirah sentence "the highest Crown" means the top of a series of spiritual levels. ### Examples - And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereto a crown of gold round about. (Torah EXO.37.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/crown/#x1) - "But hadn't my great-great-however-much-it-is-grandfather a crown?" (The Book of Dragons) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/crown/#x2) - The highest Crown is Kether, the First Sephira, the first emanation from the Ain Suph Aur, the Limit- less LightC (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/crown/#x3) ### Note Today: crown; top, highest point. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «crown» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crown/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«crown» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/crown.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «crown» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/crown/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«crown» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/crown.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «crown» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/C/crown/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«crown» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/crown.html) on Mova free.