rosary
IPA: rˈoʊzɝi
noun
- Prayer beads, a string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in prayer, particularly in the Roman Catholic Marian prayer "Hail Mary" (Ave Maria)
- A Roman Catholic devotion involving the repetition of a series of Marian prayers, usually 5, 15, or 20 decades of "Hail Marys", each decade beginning with "Our Father" and ending with "Glory Be to the Father", but sometimes including other Roman Catholic, Anglican, or Lutheran prayers.
- (by extension) A series or collection of thoughts, literary pieces, etc. intended for similar contemplation.
- (historical numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a counterfeit debased form of the sterling silver penny of Edward I, at first accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.
- A rose garden.
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Examples of "rosary" in Sentences
- So the rosary is not a monotonous prayer.
- There was a solemn Mass and the recitation of the Rosary.
- The most popular principal of Rosary was calm and serene.
- I urgently want the rosary for the conversion of the world.
- Let your tongues become parched by the recitation of the rosary.
- This Marian apparition received the title of Our Lady of the Rosary.
- The rosary is a remnant of the technique represented in the knotted cord.
- In the same way, you are to slay evil in the world by means of the rosary.
- Contemplation with the rosary is the next step beyond scriptural meditation.
- It is necessary that your mouths get parched by the recitation of the rosary.