chaplet

American  

[chap-lit] / ˈtʃæp lɪt /

noun

1. a wreath or garland for the head.

2. a string of beads.

3. Roman Catholic Church.

   1. a string of beads, one-third of the length of a rosary, for counting prayers.

   2. the prayers recited over this.

4. Architecture. a small molding carved to resemble a string of beads; astragal.

5. Metallurgy. an object for separating the core of a mold from a wall, composed of the same metal as the casting and forming an integral part of it.

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chaplet British  

/ ˈtʃæplɪt /

noun

1. an ornamental wreath of flowers, beads, etc, worn on the head

2. a string of beads or something similar

3. RC Church

   1. a string of prayer beads constituting one third of the rosary

   2. the prayers counted on this string

4. a narrow convex moulding in the form of a string of beads; astragal

5. a metal support for the core in a casting mould, esp for the core of a cylindrical pipe

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Other Word Forms

• chapleted
  adjective
• unchapleted
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of chaplet

1325–75; Middle English chapelet wreath < Old French. See chapeau, -et

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Example Sentences

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chaplet

She wore a pearl chaplet, a red bhakku over a white silk gown, and high-heeled shoes for the occasion.

From Time Magazine Archive

A five-year-old girl, Gudrun Diem, dressed in a light blue frock and wearing a flower chaplet in her hair, stepped forward, said, “Heil, mein Fuhrer!” and presented him with a small, delicate bouquet of flowers.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

After death he wore about his neck a little chaplet, which he called Kateri's beads.

From The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks by Ellen H. Walworth

The use of a chaplet of beads, as a memento of the number of prayers recited, is of Eastern origin, and dates from the time of the Egyptian Anchorites.

From Famous European Artists by Sarah K. Bolton

The golden circlet of enormous weight He wears with brow serene and smiling air, As though a myrtle chaplet graced his temples.

From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Margaret Fuller

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