circlet — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A small circle.

2. A ring (typically of gold or silver) worn as an ornament on the head.

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   He wore in addition to his leathern trappings and jewelled ornaments a great circlet of gold about his brow in the exact centre of which was set an immense stone, the exact counterpart of that which I had seen upon the breast of the little old man at the atmosphere plant nearly twenty years before.

3. A crown without arches or a covering.

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   Her faire lockes in rich circlet be enrold.

4. A round body; an orb.

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   Fairest of stars […] that crown'st the smiling morn / With thy bright circlet.

Noun

1. a small circle

   Broader terms

   circle

2. decorated metal band worn around the head

   Broader terms

   adornment