What does "chaplet" mean?

A garland or circlet for the head.

What is a synonym for "chaplet"?

Common synonyms include: achievement, agnus dei, angelus, annulet, appeal, areola.

//ˈt͡ʃæplət// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Noun

1
A garland or circlet for the head.
2
A small chapel or shrine.
3
flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes wordnet
4
A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring.
5
A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary. archaic
"Down the long street she passed, with her chaplet of beads and her missal,[…]"

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6
A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.
"The Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows of Mary consists of seven sets of Hail Marys."
7
A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.; The Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the most well-known chaplet in the Catholic Church. specifically
"People often pray the chaplet at 3:00 pm to commemorate Jesus' death."
8
A series of spores or other objects arranged like beads on a string.
9
A molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead molding.
10
A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould.
11
A metal support for a cylindrical pipe.
12
Alternative form of chapelet. alt-of, alternative

"Upon his return he found her weaving a chaplet of violets."

From Middle English chapelet, from Old French chapelet. Doublet of chapelet.

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