chaplet

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Leni-Lenape placed on his brow this chaplet, the spot was made sacred, and all present inviolable.

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  1. noun A wreath or garland for the head.
  2. noun Roman Catholic Church A rosary having beads for five decades of Hail Marys.
  3. noun Roman Catholic Church The prayers counted on such a rosary.

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  1. Middle English chapelet, from Old French, diminutive of chapel, hat, wreath; see chapeau.

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  1. from Middle English chapelet, from Old French chapelet, French chapelet, head-dress, a wreath, diminutive of chapel, a head-dress, later F. chapeau: see chapeau. Cf. chapelet.
  2. from chaplet, n.
  3. Dim. of chapel; cf. Middle Latin capelleta.
 

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/ˈtʃæplɛt/
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