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chaplet

/chap-lit/US // ˈtʃæp lɪt //UK // (ˈtʃæplɪt) //

护身符,小册子,礼拜堂,礼拜天

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a wreath or garland for the head.
    • : a string of beads.
    • : Roman Catholic Church. a string of beads, one-third of the length of a rosary, for counting prayers.the prayers recited over this.
    • : Architecture. a small molding carved to resemble a string of beads; astragal.
    • : 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.

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Examples

  • Chaplet”—a wreath or garland signed for by him in his ambitious hopes—expresses his birth-date by Con.

  • Here it seems to mean a gold-embroidered band, worn as a chaplet.

  • And so she twines together the white flowers, the yellow flowers, and the red flowers, into a chaplet.

  • You have found out already that you are only looking at a chaplet of cameos, with just enough of story to string them together.

  • In the meantime the Princess Periezade, several times a day after her brother's departure, counted her chaplet.