chaplet en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈt͡ʃæplɪt/ (UK, US)
- (US) audio
- /ˈt͡ʃæplət/ (UK, US)
Etymology
From Middle English chapelet, from Old French chapelet. Doublet of chapelet.
Meanings
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A garland or circlet for the head.
Her little chambers drip with flower-like red, Her girdles, and the chaplets of her head, Her armlets and her anklets; with her feet She tramples all that winepress of the dead.
1862-1866, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Laus Veneris:
- A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring.
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(archaic) A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
Down the long street she passed, with her chaplet of beads and her missal,[…]
1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, chapter I, in Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, part I, page 14:
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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.
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(specifically) 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.
People often pray the chaplet at 3:00 pm to commemorate Jesus' death.
- A series of spores or other objects arranged like beads on a string.
- 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.
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of chapelet.
alt of chapelet
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chaplets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (29)
grc στέμμα (a garland or circlet for the head) · it modanatura a perline (a molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead-moulding) · it ghirlanda (a garland or circlet for the head) · it corona (a garland or circlet for the head) · pl wianek (a garland or circlet for the head) · pl koronka (set of repetitive prayers) · it serto (a garland or circlet for the head) · pt terço (a string of beads, especially when making up five decades of the rosary) · fr chapelet (set of repetitive prayers) · fr chapelet (a string of beads, especially when making up five decades of the rosary) · hy պսակ (a garland or circlet for the head) · pl różaniec (a string of beads, especially when making up five decades of the rosary) · la corōna (a garland or circlet for the head) · az çələng (a garland or circlet for the head) · mk венец (a garland or circlet for the head) · pt coroa (set of repetitive prayers) · bg венче (a garland or circlet for the head) · fa بساک (a garland or circlet for the head) · te శేఖరము (a garland or circlet for the head) · bg броеница (a string of beads, especially when making up five decades of the rosary) · pl perełkowanie (a molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead-moulding) · mi tūpare (a garland or circlet for the head) · mi pare kawakawa (a garland or circlet for the head) · az əklil (a garland or circlet for the head) · pl astragal (a molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead-moulding) · it rosario (a string of beads, especially when making up five decades of the rosary) · it corona (set of repetitive prayers) · it modanatura (a molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead-moulding) · ru венок (a garland or circlet for the head)