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Chaplet vs Novena - What's the difference?

chaplet | novena |

As nouns the difference between chaplet and novena

is that chaplet is a garland or circlet for the head while novena is (roman catholicism) a recitation of prayers and devotions for nine consecutive days, especially one to a saint to ask for their intercession.

chaplet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A garland or circlet for the head.
  • A string of beads, especially when making up five decades of the rosary.
  • * Longfellow
    • her chaplet of beads and her missal
  • A moulding in the form of a string of beads; a bead-moulding.
  • 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 tuft of feathers on a peacock's head.
    • (Johnson)

    Derived terms

    * chapleted

    novena

    English

    Noun

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