Chaplet

['tʃæplɪt] or ['tʃæplət]

Definition

(n.) A garland or wreath to be worn on the head.

(n.) A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads.

(n.) A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc.

(n.) A chapelet. See Chapelet, 1.

(n.) A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mold.

(n.) A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.

(n.) A small chapel or shrine.

(v. t.) To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers.

Typist: Pierce

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Garland, wreath, coronal.

Typist: Molly

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Garland, wreath, coronal

Typist: Margery

Definition

n. a garland or wreath for the head: a circlet of gold &c.: a string of beads used in counting prayers one-third of a rosary in length: anything in a string: a metal support of a cylindrical pipe.—adj. Chap′leted.

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