rosary

[ro·sa·ry]

A string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by Catholics)

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A bed of roses, or place where roses grow.

Noun
beads used in counting prayers (especially Catholic rosary)

n.
A bed of roses, or place where roses grow.

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A series of prayers (see Note below) arranged to be recited in order, on beads; also, a string of beads by which the prayers are counted.

n.
A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections.

n.
A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny.

Rosary

Ro"sa*ry , n.; pl. Rosaries . [LL. rosarium a string of beads, L. rosarium a place planted with roses, rosa a rose: cf. F. rosaire. See Rose.] 1. A bed of roses, or place where roses grow. "Thick rosaries of scented thorn." Tennyson. 2. (R.C.Ch.) A series of prayers (see Note below) arranged to be recited in order, on beads; also, a string of beads by which the prayers are counted.

His idolized book, and the whole rosary of his prayers.

&hand; A rosary consists of fifteen decades. Each decade contains ten Ave Marias marked by small beads, preceded by a Paternoster, marked by a larger bead, and concluded by a Gloria Patri. Five decades make a chaplet, a third part of the rosary. Bp. Fitzpatrick. 3. A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections.

Every day propound to yourself a rosary or chaplet of good works to present to God at night.

4. A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny. Rosary shell (Zo'94l.), any marine gastropod shell of the genus Monodonta. They are top-shaped, bright-colored and pearly.

A bed of roses, or place where roses grow.

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