Chaplet

//ˈt͡ʃæplət// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A garland or circlet for the head.
  2. 2
    A small chapel or shrine.
  3. 3
    flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes wordnet
  4. 4
    A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring.
  5. 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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  1. 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."

  2. 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."

  3. 8
    A series of spores or other objects arranged like beads on a string.
  4. 9
    A molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead molding.
  5. 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.
  6. 11
    A metal support for a cylindrical pipe.
  7. 12
    Alternative form of chapelet. alt-of, alternative

Etymology

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

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