chaplet

From Old French chapelet.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃæplət/, /ˈtʃæplɪt/

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

• chapleted

• Pelchat, placeth