Definitions for chaplets

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chaplets chap·let

Spelling: [chap-lit]

IPA: /ˈtʃæp lɪt/

Chaplets is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 516 anagrams from letters in chaplets (acehlpst).

Definitions for chaplets

noun

1. a wreath or garland for the head.
2. a string of beads.
3. Roman Catholic Church. a string of beads, one-third of the length of a rosary, for counting prayers. 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.

Origin of chaplets

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

Examples for chaplets

Immediately after the battle the Thebans sent a messenger to Athens wearing a chaplet.

He twisted the chaplet so that the beads bit deeply into his fingers.

Even Tiberius Cæsar wore a chaplet of laurel leaves about his neck.

But for the absurdity of it, he could have woven a chaplet of them and worn it.

Adorned with a wreath, chaplet, or garland; or twisted into the form of a wreath, &c.

Did she remember that day, when she had been queen of the chaplet?

He arose, as he spoke, and reverently placed the chaplet on the head of Plato.

"Let's make a chaplet of flowers," Olga said, plucking a daisy.

The humming of the harps ceased and the chaplet of iron that bound her brow relaxed.

The poles were pranked with nosegays, and a chaplet was hung round the horns of every ox.