different between chaplet vs novena

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?t?æpl?t/, /?t?æpl?t/

Etymology 1

From Old French chapelet.

Noun

chaplet (plural chaplets)

1. A garland or circlet for the head.
2. A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring.
3. (archaic) A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
4. (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.

5. A molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead molding.
6. A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould.
7. A metal support for a cylindrical pipe.
8. A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)

9. Alternative form of chapelet

Derived terms

• chapleted

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

chaplet (plural chaplets)

1. A small chapel or shrine.

Anagrams

• Pelchat, placeth

English

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin nov?na, from Latin nov?nus (“nine [each]”).

Noun

novena (plural novenas or novenae)

1. (Roman Catholicism) A recitation of prayers and devotions for nine consecutive days, especially one to a saint to ask for their intercession.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin nov?nus (“nine”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /no?v?.n?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /nu?b?.n?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /no?ve.na/

Adjective

novena

1. feminine singular of novè

Noun

novena f (plural novenes)

1. (music) ninth
2. (Roman Catholicism) novena

Derived terms

Galician

Noun

novena f (plural novenas)

1. (Roman Catholicism) novena

Adjective

novena

1. feminine singular of noveno

Italian

Noun

novena f (plural novene)

1. (Roman Catholicism) novena

Related terms

• nove

Latin

Noun

nov?na f (genitive nov?nae); first declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) novena (recitation of prayers for nine days)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Adjective

nov?na

1. nominative feminine singular of nov?nus
2. nominative neuter plural of nov?nus
3. accusative neuter plural of nov?nus
4. vocative feminine singular of nov?nus
5. vocative neuter plural of nov?nus

Adjective

nov?n?

1. ablative feminine singular of nov?nus

References

• novena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin nov?na.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nu.?ve.n?/
• Hyphenation: no?ve?na

Noun

novena f (plural novenas)

1. a period of nine days
2. a set of nine things
3. (Roman Catholicism) novena (a recitation of prayers for nine days)

Adjective

novena

1. feminine singular of noveno

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no?bena/, [no???e.na]

Adjective

novena

1. feminine singular of noveno

Noun

novena f (plural novenas)

1. (Roman Catholicism) novena