Difference between revisions of "Chaplet"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_99264" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_99264" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) A chapelet. See Chapelet, 1. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mold. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) A garland or wreath to be worn on the head. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (v. t.) To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (n.) A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (n.) A small chapel or shrine. </p> <p> '''(8):''' (n.) A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman [[Catholic]] in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads. </p> | ||
== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_19556" /> == | == Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_19556" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A certain instrument of piety made use of by the papists. It is a string of beads, by which they measure or count the number of their prayers. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_31664" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_31664" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 09:11, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) A chapelet. See Chapelet, 1.
(2): (n.) A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mold.
(3): (n.) A garland or wreath to be worn on the head.
(4): (n.) A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc.
(5): (v. t.) To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers.
(6): (n.) A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.
(7): (n.) A small chapel or shrine.
(8): (n.) A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads.
Charles Buck Theological Dictionary [2]
A certain instrument of piety made use of by the papists. It is a string of beads, by which they measure or count the number of their prayers.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(French chapelet), a string of beads, or other material, used by Romanists in counting the number of their prayers. It is more commonly called the Rosary (q.v.).
