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Meanings of chaplet (chaplets) in English

Portuguese
grinalda
Catalan
garlanda
Spanish
corona

Flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes.

        grinalda
        Usage of chaplets in English
        1
        At Couhe-Verac they had again said their chaplets, and sung another canticle.
        The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 1
        2
        Wreaths and chaplets were in common use from the earliest antiquity.
        Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03: Ancient Achievements
        3
        From the lobes of their ears, cut and distended, hung chaplets of bones.
        Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
        4
        These precepts obeyed will be fairer ornaments than jewelled necklaces and wreathed chaplets.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture / Second Kings Chapters VIII to En...
        5
        Who takes care to quickly weave the chaplets of fresh parsely or myrtle?
        The Works of Horace
        6
        Girls, with chaplets, beautiful young creatures, strewed the entrance of various villages with flowers.
        The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2
        7
        But I want to go in with you to offer these chaplets to the god.
        The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
        8
        Though soon the chaplets turn to chains, the wines
        The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 / Vo...
        9
        It is the wizard's pointed cap, the mitre with the grooves carved into jewelled chaplets.
        The Wonders of Instinct: Chapters in the Psychology of Insects
        10
        Massive belts of gold were also worn, and chaplets sparkling with the same costly metal.
        Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During th...
        11
        My oracles say that you are to reign over the whole earth, crowned with chaplets.
        The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1
        12
        And I was loading you with chaplets and gifts!
        The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1
        13
        The simple laurel and oak-leaf chaplets on the alternating faces are far more suitable and suggestive.
        Himalayan Journals — Volume 1 / Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Ben...
        14
        They were clad in garments of the whitest silk, and profusely adorned with chaplets of flowers.
        Imogen: A Pastoral Romance
        15
        The salpas journey also by groups, joining in chaplets, as we have observed of the dagysa.
        Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
        16
        The guests wore chaplets of flowers, herbs, and leaves, which had the property of being refreshing.
        The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
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        Translations for chaplets
        Spanish
        corona
        Chaplets through the time
        Chaplets across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common