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chapelet — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • chaplet noun A garland or circlet for the head.
  • rosary noun A string of beads used, especially by Catholics, to count prayers as they are recited.

Senses

chapelet is used for these senses in English:

  • prayer beads A string of beads used by members of various religions to count prayers, chants, or devotions.
  • rosary Prayer beads, a string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in prayer, particularly of the Roman Catholic Marian prayer "Hail Mary" (Ave Maria).

chaplet — full definition

  1. noun A garland or circlet for the head.
  2. noun A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring.
  3. noun A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
  4. noun A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.

rosary — full definition

  1. noun A string of beads used, especially by Catholics, to count prayers as they are recited.
  2. noun The set of prayers recited using such beads.

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