Definition of "chaplet"

A garland or circlet for the head.  examples

A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring.  examples

(archaic) A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary.  quotations

(Catholicism) A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads.

1. (specifically) The Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the most well-known chaplet in the Catholic Church.  examples

A molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead molding.  examples

A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould.  examples

A metal support for a cylindrical pipe.  examples

Alternative form of chapelet  examples

A small chapel or shrine.  examples