crown
[zone: 1, ipm: 186.54]
Definitions
- an object in the shape of a circle, usually made of gold and precious stones, that a king or queen wears on his or her head on official occasions
- the government of a country, thought of as being represented by a king of queen
- the position or power of a king or queen
Examples
- The 16th century Indian crown consisted of a golden diadem mounted with leaves, on the central leaf a jewel of some white feathers.
- The crown of Catharine was the wonder of Europe, but it was not rich enough for the brow of Paul.
- Bonaparte did not evince great impatience to seize the Crown of Italy, which he well knew could not escape him.
- Thus the elector, as he received the imperial crown, dropped his own hereditary estates from his hand.
- The Crown is further responsible for summoning and dissolving the House of Representatives, after which the governor-general usually calls for a general election.
Collocations
- jewel [score: 10, freq: 21] (the crown jewels)
- wear [score: 9.93, freq: 90] (wear the crown)
- prince [score: 9.83, freq: 150] (the crown prince)
- imperial [score: 9.64, freq: 167] (the imperial crown)
- mural [score: 9.2, freq: 17] (the mural crown)
- lawyer [score: 8.84, freq: 12] (the crown lawyers)
- colony [score: 8.75, freq: 74] (a crown colony)
- resign [score: 8.64, freq: 26] (resign the crown)
- iron [score: 8.63, freq: 20] (the iron crown)
- civic [score: 8.6, freq: 14] (a civic crown)
- surmount [score: 8.38, freq: 7] (surmounted by a crown)
- claim [score: 8.35, freq: 30] (claim the crown)
- golden [score: 8.34, freq: 17] (a golden crown)
- Spanish [score: 8.19, freq: 34] (the Spanish crown)
- estate [score: 8.19, freq: 12] (the crown estates)
- abdicate [score: 8.19, freq: 15] (abdicate the crown)
- accept [score: 8.16, freq: 42] (accept the crown)
- usurp [score: 8.16, freq: 16] (usurp the crown)
- inherit [score: 8.16, freq: 17] (inherit the crown)
- princess [score: 8.09, freq: 8] (crown princess)
- appoint [score: 7.83, freq: 11] (appointed by the crown)
- revenue [score: 7.34, freq: 7] (the crown revenue)
- kingly [score: 7.29, freq: 5] (the kingly crown)
- English [score: 7.18, freq: 39] (the English crown)
- property [score: 7.08, freq: 7] (crown property)
- Danish [score: 7.04, freq: 5] (the Danish crown)
- seize [score: 7.01, freq: 15] (seize the crown)
- royal [score: 7, freq: 27] (the royal crown)
- British [score: 6.79, freq: 64] (the British crown)
- Portuguese [score: 6.71, freq: 5] (the Portuguese crown)
- Scottish [score: 6.68, freq: 5] (the Scottish crown)
- Polish [score: 6.66, freq: 6] (the Polish crown)
- authority [score: 6.6, freq: 17] (crown authority)
- receive [score: 5.4, freq: 5] (received by the crown)
Thesaurus
- throne [score: 0.276, freq: 7698]
- kingdom [score: 0.219, freq: 7611]
- liberty [score: 0.207, freq: 6364]
- sovereign [score: 0.2, freq: 4332]
- monarch [score: 0.187, freq: 6876]
- prince [score: 0.182, freq: 12311]
- authority [score: 0.181, freq: 11249]
- title [score: 0.181, freq: 6095]
- empire [score: 0.181, freq: 21781]
- family [score: 0.181, freq: 9183]
- power [score: 0.178, freq: 28019]
- independence [score: 0.177, freq: 4259]
- sovereignty [score: 0.177, freq: 1986]
- king [score: 0.175, freq: 26488]
- monarchy [score: 0.175, freq: 4904]
- government [score: 0.174, freq: 28006]
- possession [score: 0.173, freq: 6237]
- territory [score: 0.172, freq: 7765]
- province [score: 0.171, freq: 9133]
- church [score: 0.169, freq: 7059]