crowned

Everyday

1. Crowned means had a crown put on the head to become king or queen. tree →
2. Crowned means officially named the winner or best («crowned champion»). tree →
3. Crowned can mean covered at the top («a hill crowned with snow»). tree →
4. Crowned can also mean decorated on the head with a wreath or garland, like a crown. tree →

In the lessons

In history lessons, kings and queens were crowned at a ceremony called a coronation. In sport and contests, a winner is crowned champion. In stories, a crowned head is a ruler. Phrases: «was crowned king», «crowned champion», «crowned with».

Examples

• Queen Victoria was crowned when she was a young woman. tree →
• The prince was crowned king after his father died. tree →
• Our team was crowned champion of the school league. tree →
• The hill was crowned with snow. tree →
• The winner of the baking contest was crowned «Star Baker». tree →
• In the story, the frog was crowned king of the pond. tree →
• A crowned eagle sits on top of the flag. tree →
• POLYHYMNIA, the muse of Sacred Hymns, is crowned with a wreath of laurel. tree →

Note

Regular verb: crown, crowned. The ceremony is a «coronation». Do not confuse «crown» with «clown». In a maths problem it does not stand for a number; sometimes «a crown» is an old coin.

In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah it means that God gave a letter rule over something in the world, the year and the body. In the Writings it also means honoured or adorned, as when people are crowned with knowledge, humans with glory and honour, or a king with a wedding crown.

Interpretation. Sefer Yetzirah says God crowned each letter and joined it with others, forming a planet, a month or a body part. Tradition reads this as showing that the same pattern runs through the world, the year and the person. Tradition reads Psalm 8 as showing the high place God gave to human beings.

Examples

• He produced Tzaddi, predominant in Taste, crowned it, combined and formed with it Aquarius in the Year, and the gullet in Man. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• Tau, predominant in beauty, crowned, combined and formed Jupiter in the Universe, the seventh day in the week, and the mouth of man. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
• He produced Nun, predominant in smell, crowned, combined, and formed Scorpio in the world, Marchesvan in the year, and the intestines in man. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
• The thoughtless come into possession of folly; but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. (Writings PRO.14.18, JPS 1917) tree →
• Yet Thou hast made him but little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. (Writings PSA.8.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and gaze upon king Solomon, even upon the crown wherewith his mother hath crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart. (Writings SNG.3.11, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Regular verb: crown, crowned. The ceremony is a «coronation». Do not confuse «crown» with «clown». In a maths problem it does not stand for a number; sometimes «a crown» is an old coin.