chaplet

Meaning

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. (archaic) A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
4. A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.
5. (specifically) A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.
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. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of chapelet.

Synonyms

garland

wreath

coronal

lei

crown

👑

crest

rosary

tuft

circlet

gagger

coping

cornice

festoon

laurels

necklace

Translations

ghirlanda

Kranz

corona

👑

rosario

γιρλάντα

στεφάνι

garlanda

chapelet

terço

rosario

coroncina

corona

👑

κομπολόι προσευχής

lei

guirlande

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃæplət/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: chapelet

In summary

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