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Recent Examples of chapletIts design encompasses the initial 'E' inside the royal crown, surrounded by a chaplet of roses.—
Kelly Allen,
House Beautiful,
7 May 2023 Don’t loiter here or come back later, Or the god’s staff and chaplet won’t protect you.—
Sarah Ruden,
National Review,
31 Mar. 2022
Also in the chest were the Earl and Countess’ coronets, small crowns worn by the nobility for the ceremonial occasion of a monarch’s ascension to their throne, which are shaped to include decorative elements which indicate the rank of the peer wearing them.
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Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
Velvet-purple coronet Velvet-purple coronet Julián Manrique for 60 Minutes
The Velvet-purple coronet is another species of hummingbird found in Colombia.