chaplet

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French chapelet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃæplət/, /ˈtʃæplɪt/

Noun

chaplet (plural chaplets)

1. A garland or circlet for the head.
2. (archaic) A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
   • Longfellow

     her chaplet of beads and her missal

3. (Catholicism) 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.

4. (Catholicism, specifically) The Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the most well-known chaplet in the Catholic Church.

   People often pray the chaplet at 3:00 pm to commemorate Jesus' death.

5. A moulding in the form of a string of beads; a bead-moulding.
6. A small chapel or shrine.
7. A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould.
8. A metal support for a cylindrical pipe.
9. A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)

10. Alternative form of chapelet

Derived terms

• chapleted

Translations

a garland or circlet for the head

• Armenian: պսակ (hy) (psak)
• Bulgarian: венче (bg) n (venče)
• Greek:

  Ancient: στέμμα n (stémma)

• Italian: corona (it) f, ghirlanda (it) f, serto m
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• Latin: corōna f
• Macedonian: венец m (venec)
• Maori: tūpare, tūpare, pare kawakawa (used by women when mourning)
• Russian: венок (ru) m (venok)
• Telugu: శేఖరము (te) (śēkharamu)

a string of beads, especially when making up five decades of the rosary

• Bulgarian: броеница (bg) f (broenica)
• Italian: rosario (it) m
• Polish: różaniec (pl) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: terço (pt) m

set of repetitive prayers

• French: chapelet (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: corona (it) f

Chaplet of Divine Mercy — see Chaplet of Divine Mercy

a moulding in the form of a string of beads; a bead-moulding

• Italian: modanatura a perline f, modanatura (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• Pelchat, placeth