Editing Crown (section)

==Terminology==
Three distinct categories of crowns exist in those [[monarchy|monarchies]] that use crowns or state regalia.

; [[Coronation crown|Coronation]]: Worn by monarchs when being [[coronation|crowned]].
; [[State crown|State]]: Worn by monarchs on other state occasions.
; [[Consort crown]]s: Worn by a [[queen consort|consort]], signifying rank granted as a [[constitution]]al courtesy [[protocol (diplomacy)|protocol]].

Crowns or similar headgear, as worn by [[nobility]] and other high-ranking people below the ruler, are in English often called [[coronet|coronets]]; however, in many languages, this distinction is not made and the same word is used for both types of headgear (e.g., French ''couronne'', German ''Krone'', Dutch ''kroon''). In some of these languages the term "rank crown" (''rangkroon'', etc.) refers to the way these crowns may be ranked according to hierarchical status.
In [[classical antiquity]], the crown (''corona'') that was sometimes awarded to people other than rulers, such as triumphal [[military]] [[general]]s or [[sportsperson|athlete]]s, was actually a [[wreath (attire)|wreath]] or chaplet, or ribbon-like [[diadem (personal wear)|diadem]].