camàndula

Catalan

Etymology

Alternation of Camàldula, from Italian Camaldoli, village in Italy where the Camaldolese monastic order is headquartered. The Camaldolese monk Michael of Florence was the originator of the Crown Chaplet of Our Lord, which consists of thirty-three paternosters.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈman.du.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈman.du.la]

Noun

camàndula f (plural camàndules)

1. (Roman Catholicism) a chaplet consisting of three decades
2. (in the plural) excuses, weak explanations

Derived terms

• camandulejar

Further reading

• “camàndula”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007