Meaning

10 senses
  1. A garland or circlet for the head.

    венокvenok

  2. A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring.

  3. 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.

  4. A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.

    (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.

  5. A series of spores or other objects arranged like beads on a string.

  6. A molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead molding.

  7. A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould.

  8. A metal support for a cylindrical pipe.

  9. A small chapel or shrine.

  10. (archaic)A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary.

More definitions
  • flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes

Examples

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

Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
a garland or circlet for the head:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: chaplets
Singularchaplet
Pluralchaplets

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes:wreathgarlandcoronallei

Word family

1 related words
Derivedchapleted

See also

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