chaplet
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃæplət/, /ˈt͡ʃæplɪt/
Etymology 1
From Middle English chapelet, from Old French chapelet.
Noun
chaplet (plural chaplets)
- A garland or circlet for the head.
- A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring.
- (archaic) A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
- 1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, chapter I, in Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, OCLC 12526426, part I, page 14:
- Down the long street she passed, with her chaplet of beads and her missal, […]
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- (Catholicism) 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.
- (specifically) The Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the most well-known chaplet in the Catholic Church.
- People often pray the chaplet at 3:00 pm to commemorate Jesus' death.
- A molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead molding.
- A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould.
- A metal support for a cylindrical pipe.
- Alternative form of chapelet
Derived terms
- chapleted
Translations
a garland or circlet for the head
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a string of beads, especially when making up five decades of the rosary
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set of repetitive prayers
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Chaplet of Divine Mercy — see Chaplet of Divine Mercy
a molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead-moulding
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Noun
chaplet (plural chaplets)
- A small chapel or shrine.
Anagrams
- Pelchat, placeth