chaplet vs laurel

chaplet

noun
  • A garland or circlet for the head. 

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

  • The Chaplet of Divine Mercy, the most well-known chaplet in the Catholic Church. 

  • A metal support for a cylindrical pipe. 

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

  • A small chapel or shrine. 

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

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

laurel

noun
  • A crown of laurel. 

  • An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel. 

  • Laurus nobilis, an evergreen shrub having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils. 

  • Honor, distinction, fame. 

  • Any plant of the family Lauraceae. 

  • Any of various plants of other families that resemble laurels. 

verb
  • To decorate with laurel, especially with a laurel wreath. 

  • To enwreathe. 

  • To award top honours to. 

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