chaplet

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a garland or circlet of flowers, leaves, or other material worn on the head or around the neck

   A rough chaplet of garlic flowers hung around her neck.

2. 2
   noun

   a string of prayer beads, or a short set of repetitive prayers counted on such beads

   She carried a small chaplet and recited its prayers quietly.

From Middle English chapelet, from Old French chapelet, a diminutive of chapel ("hat or garland"), ultimately related to Late Latin cappa ("head covering"). The prayer-bead sense arose from a devotional "crown" or garland of prayers.

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