chaplet

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She wore a pearl chaplet, a red bhakku over a white silk gown, and high-heeled shoes for the occasion.

From Time Magazine Archive

A five-year-old girl, Gudrun Diem, dressed in a light blue frock and wearing a flower chaplet in her hair, stepped forward, said, “Heil, mein Fuhrer!” and presented him with a small, delicate bouquet of flowers.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

The ninety-nine names or attributes of God are then recited, while the sheik counts the ninety-nine beads of his chaplet.

From Turkey Peeps at Many Lands by Millingen, Julius R. Van

A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

The golden circlet of enormous weight He wears with brow serene and smiling air, As though a myrtle chaplet graced his temples.

From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret