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A chaplet is a headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring. [1] It is typically worn on festive occasions and on holy days. In ancient times a chaplet also served as a crown representing victory or authority .
A wreath worn for purpose of attire (in English, a "chaplet"; [1] Ancient Greek: στέφανος, romanized: stéfanos, Latin: corona), [2] is a headdress or headband made of leaves, grasses, flowers or branches. It is typically worn on celebrations, festive occasions and holy days, having a long history and association with ancient pageants ...
Chaplet (headgear), a wreath or garland for the head Chaplet (prayer) , a string of prayer beads and the associated prayer Chaplet (metallurgy) , a metal form to hold a core in place
A corolla, simulating a chaplet of mistletoe, as worn by a grand druid of the Breton Gorsedd. A corolla is an ancient headdress in the form of a small circlet or crown. [1] Usually it has ceremonial significance and represents victory or authority.
Chaperon is a diminutive of chape, which derives, like the English cap, cape and cope, from the Late Latin cappa, which already could mean cap, cape or hood ().. The tail of the hood, often quite long, was called the tippit [2] or liripipe in English, and liripipe or cornette in French.
A painting of cornette-wearing Sisters of Charity by Armand Gautier (19th-century) Polish nun wearing a white cornette and habit in 1939. A cornette is a piece of female headwear.
In Eastern Orthodoxy and in the Eastern Rites of the Catholic Church, a veil called an epanokamelavkion is used by both nuns and monks, in both cases covering completely the kamilavkion, a cylindrical hat they both wear. In Slavic practice, when the veil is worn over the hat, the entire headdress is referred to as a klobuk.
The mitre (Commonwealth English) or miter (American English; see spelling differences; both pronounced / ˈ m aɪ t ər / MY-tər; Greek: μίτρα, romanized: mítra, lit. 'headband' or 'turban') is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial headdress of bishops and certain abbots in traditional Christianity.