Forms<\/b><\/p>\n
crown, crowns, crowned, crowning, Crown<\/p>\n
Related terms<\/b><\/p>\n
head, royal, coronation, king<\/p>\n
Explication<\/b><\/p>\n
Crown<\/b>, a word that can be deployed as a noun or a verb, is used in a wealth of different ways in Ulysses. While the definition with the largest number of uses is 8 (the coin), it only makes up one-fourth of the total uses. Many of its usages evoke the British monarchy – there are many mentions of \u201cthe crown<\/b>\u201d and the \u201cCrown<\/b>\u201d which are both synecdoches that refer directly to British rule. More symbolically, Bloom\u2019s \u201csham crown<\/b> Derby\u201d teacup – a gift from Milly – is mentioned four separate times. Crown<\/b> Derby is a real English porcelain manufacturer which is still in business today.<\/p>\n
Crown<\/b> also tends to carry a spiritual association – \u201ccrown<\/b> of thorns,\u201d \u201csaint Stephen\u2019s iron crown<\/b>,\u201d etc. Considering this double association – with English royalty and with Christian religion – crowns<\/b> and crowning<\/b> seem to be tied to national (and personal) identity.<\/p>\n
An interesting property of crown<\/b> is that its range of definitions is wide enough that it can almost be considered one of the self-opposite words that Joyce often employs. Crown<\/b> can be used to represent the highest power in a country (and perhaps the world), but it can also denote something as common and working class as the foam on the top of a glass of beer. Similarly, while only one person in a nation can wear the crown<\/b> as it refers to monarchy, everyone in a nation possesses a crown<\/b> as it refers to the top of one\u2019s head.<\/p>\n
Definitions and Examples<\/b><\/p>\n
I. crown, n. (OED 1) An ornament for the head, and immediately derived senses. (also: Christian crown of thorns)<\/p>\n
\u201cCrown of thorns and cross.\u201d (5.329)<\/p>\n
II. crown, n. (OED 2) A wreath or circular ornament for the head symbolizing victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd all came with nimbi and aureoles and gloriae, bearing palms and harps and swords and olive crowns\u2026\u201d (12.1714)<\/p>\n
III. crown, n. (OED 3) The sovereignty, authority, or dominion of which a royal crown is the symbol; the rule, position, or empire of a monarch.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe crown had no evidence, Mr Power said.\u201d (6.472)<\/p>\n
IV. crown, n.,\u00a0\u00a0fig. <\/i>(OED 5)\u00a0Something which adorns or adds distinction like a crown; a chief or crowning ornament or achievement.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut Gerty’s crowning glory was her wealth of wonderful hair.\u201d (13.116)<\/p>\n
V. Crown, n. (OED 11)\u00a0Esp. in names of constellations: a group of stars likened to a crown; usu. with distinguishing word or phrase;\u00a0spec.<\/i>\u00a0=\u00a0Northern Crown<\/p>\n
\u201cWhence, disappearing from the constellation of the Northern Crown he would somehow reappear reborn above delta in the constellation of Cassiopeia\u2026\u201d\u00a017.2019<\/p>\n
VI. crown, n. (OED 19.a) The top part of the skull; the top of the head.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe put his boot on what he had spat, wiping his sole along it, and bent, showing a rawskinned crown, scantily haired.\u201d (10.636)<\/p>\n
VII. crown, n. (OED 20) The top part of a hat or other covering for the head.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe sweated legend in the crown of his hat told him mutely: Plasto’s high grade ha.\u201d (4.69)<\/p>\n
VIII. crown, n. (OED 8.b) A British or English coin (latterly silver) with a face value of five shillings or (now) 25 pence, now minted only for commemorative purposes. Hence: a monetary unit based on this, the sum of five shillings (now\u00a0hist.<\/i>).<\/p>\n
\u201cHe shot from it two crowns and two shillings.” (2.221)<\/p>\n
IX. Crown, n. In reference to the Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Company, the oldest remaining English porcelain manufacturer. (not found in OED)<\/p>\n
\u201cHe filled his own moustachecup, sham crown Derby, smiling.\u201d (4.283)<\/p>\n
X. crown, v. (OED 1.a) To place a crown, coronet, etc., on the head of, as a symbol of newly acquired sovereignty or royal status; to invest with sovereignty or regal power by coronation. Also: to place a crown, etc., on or around (the head).<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026he reflected about the errors of notorieties and\u00a0crowned<\/b>\u00a0heads running counter to morality such as the Cornwall case a number of years before\u2026\u201d (16.1201)<\/p>\n
XI. crown, v. (OED 5.a) To cover, surround, or occupy the head or summit of, as a crown does, usu. so as to add beauty or dignity.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe face of William Shakespeare, beardless, appears there, rigid in facial paralysis, crowned by the reflection of the reindeer antlered hatrack in the hall.\u201d (15.3823)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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