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chaplet.

A garland or circlet for the head.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈt͡ʃæplət/UK, US/ˈt͡ʃæplɪt/UK, US
  1. A garland or circlet for the head.

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

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

    archaic
  4. 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.
  5. 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.

    specifically
    People often pray the chaplet at 3:00 pm to commemorate Jesus' death.
  6. A series of spores or other objects arranged like beads on a string.

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

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

  9. A metal support for a cylindrical pipe.

  10. Alternative form of chapelet.

    alt-of · alternative
Where this word comes from

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

noun/ˈt͡ʃæplət/UK, US/ˈt͡ʃæplɪt/UK, US
  1. A small chapel or shrine.

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