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Definition of Crown jewels
1. Noun. Regalia (jewelry and other paraphernalia) worn by a sovereign on state occasions.
Definition of Crown jewels
1. Proper noun. The historic royal regalia of a state; those of the United Kingdom (the orb, sceptre, swords and crowns etc) are held in the Tower of London ¹
2. Noun. (literally) the jewelry that accompany the office of rulership in a monarchy. I.e., crown, scepter, signet ring, etc. ¹
3. Noun. A prized possession or asset ¹
4. Noun. A part of a company sought by another in a hostile takeover ¹
5. Noun. (idiomatic) The male genitalia ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crown Jewels
Literary usage of Crown jewels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The poetry of Chaucer, the wealth of England, the crown jewels of France, and
marble from ruins of ancient Carthage (a papal gift) had glorified the shrine ..."
2. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1903)
"... Book—The crown jewels of Hanover—Labour in the French Colonies—The Death of
General Havelock—Gloomy Prospects in India—Inadequate Measures for the ..."
3. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth by James Anthony Froude (1881)
"They were not sent over, however, till the States had placed the crown jewels of
the House of Burgundy in Elizabeth's hands for security, nor till they had ..."
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