chaplet

[ chap-lit ]

noun

1. a wreath or garland for the head.
2. a string of beads.
3. Roman Catholic Church.
   1. a string of beads, one-third of the length of a rosary, for counting prayers.
   2. the prayers recited over this.
4. Architecture. a small molding carved to resemble a string of beads; astragal.
5. Metallurgy. an object for separating the core of a mold from a wall, composed of the same metal as the casting and forming an integral part of it.

chaplet

/ ˈtʃæplɪt /

noun

1. an ornamental wreath of flowers, beads, etc, worn on the head
2. a string of beads or something similar
3. RC Church
   1. a string of prayer beads constituting one third of the rosary
   2. the prayers counted on this string
4. a narrow convex moulding in the form of a string of beads; astragal
5. a metal support for the core in a casting mould, esp for the core of a cylindrical pipe

Derived Forms

• ˈchapleted, adjective

Other Words From

• chaplet·ed adjective
• un·chaplet·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of chaplet¹

1325–75; Middle English chapelet wreath < Old French. See chapeau, -et

Word History and Origins

Origin of chaplet¹

C14: from Old French chapelet garland of roses, from chapel hat; see chapeau

Example Sentences

Previous winners at the course were Alvaro Ortiz of Mexico in 2019 and Paul Chaplet of Chile in 2016.

From Seattle Times

The prayer was the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.

From Seattle Times

I could see that the Professor had carried out in this room, as in the other, his purpose of using the garlic; the whole of the window-sashes reeked with it, and round Lucy’s neck, over the silk handkerchief which Van Helsing made her keep on, was a rough chaplet of the same odorous flowers.

From Literature

I got up, and as I did my reflection rose to meet me, head-on in the opposite mirror; it stopped and stared—hair on end, mouth agog in idiotic astonishment—like a comic book character konked on the head with an anvil, chaplet of stars and birdies twittering about the brow.

From Literature

This speculating in the physical sciences, independent of any solid proofs one way or the other, and dragging in religion into such controversies, neither honors the Author of religion, nor adds a single laurel to the chaplet of the sciences; nor will we ever be able to tell whether Mars or Jupiter contain a single living object.”

From Scientific American