Iron Crown

proper noun

A reliquary from the early Middle Ages, consisting of a circlet of gold and jewels fitted around a central silver band, which tradition held to be made of iron beaten out of a nail of the True Cross.

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Meanings

proper nounthe Iron Crown
  1. ChristianityA reliquary from the early Middle Ages, consisting of a circlet of gold and jewels fitted around a central silver band, which tradition held to be made of iron beaten out of a nail of the True Cross.
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