CHAPLET

Chaplet

A Chaplet is a form of Roman Catholic prayer which use prayer beads, but is not necessarily related to the Rosary. Some chaplets have a strong Marian element, others focus more directly on Jesus or the Saints. Chaplets are "personal devotionals." They have no set form and vary considerably. While the usual five-decade rosary is a chaplet, often chaplets have fewer beads than a traditional rosary and a different set of prayers.

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chaplet

Noun

  1. A garland or circlet for the head.
  2. A string of beads, especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
  3. A moulding in the form of a string of beads; a bead-moulding.
  4. A small chapel or shrine.
  5. A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould.
  6. A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.


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