CHAPLET

wreath, garland, coronal, chaplet, lei

(noun) flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

chaplet (plural chaplets)

A garland or circlet for the head.

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

(Catholicism) 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.

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.

A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.

Alternative form of chapelet

Etymology 2

Noun

chaplet (plural chaplets)

A small chapel or shrine.

Anagrams

• Pelchat, placeth

Source: Wiktionary


Chap"let, n. Etym: [F. chapelet, dim. of OF. chapel hat, garland, dim. fr. LL. cappa. See Cap, and cf. Chapelet, Chapeau.]

1. A garland or wreath to be worn on the head.

2. A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads. Her chaplet of beads and her missal. Longfellow.

3. (Arch.)

Definition: A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc.

4. (Man.)

Definition: A chapelet. See Chapelet, 1.

5. (Founding)

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

6. A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head. Johnson.

Chap"let, n.

Definition: A small chapel or shrine.

Chap"let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chapleted.]

Definition: To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers. R. Browning.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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