Index of English words, starting with "di"

(1) - Diaconate (a.) Governed by deacons.
(2) - Diaconate (n.) The office of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board of deacons.

(1) - Diacritic (a.) Alt. of Diacritical

(1) - Diacritical (a.) That separates or distinguishes; -- applied to points or marks used to distinguish letters of similar form, or different sounds of the same letter, as, a, /, a, /, /, etc.

(1) - Diadem (v. t.) To adorn with a diadem; to crown.
(2) - Diadem (n.) An arch rising from the rim of a crown (rarely also of a coronet), and uniting with others over its center.
(3) - Diadem (n.) Regal power; sovereignty; empire; -- considered as symbolized by the crown.
(4) - Diadem (n.) Originally, an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty; hence (later), also, a crown, in general.