rosary

ro·sa·ry  (rz-r)

n. pl. ro·sa·ries

1. Roman Catholic Church

a. A form of devotion to the Virgin Mary, chiefly consisting of three sets of five decades each of the Hail Mary, each decade preceded by the Lord's Prayer and ending with a doxology.

b. One of these sets of decades.

c. A string of beads of 5 or 15 decades on which these prayers are counted.

2. Similar beads used by other religious groups.

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[Middle English, rose garden, from Medieval Latin rosrium, rose garden, rosary, from Latin, rose garden, from neuter of rosrius, of roses, from rosa, rose.]

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rosary

Noun

pl -saries RC Church

1. a series of prayers counted on a string of beads

2. a string of beads used to count these prayers as they are recited [Latin rosarium rose garden]

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Rosary a bed of roses; a string of beads; a chaplet, garland or collection of poems or quotations.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

rosary - a string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by Catholics) prayer beads beads, string of beads - several beads threaded together on a string

Translations

rosary [ˈrəuzərɪ] n → rosario

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rosary [ˈrəuzərɪ] n → chapelet m

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rosary [ˈrəuzərɪ] n → Rosenkranz m

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rosary [ˈrəuzərɪ] n → rosario; roseto

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rosary

n rosary [ˈrəuzəri]

(a string of beads representing) a group of prayers, used by Roman Catholics. rosekrans سُبْحَه، مَسبَحَه молитви růženec rosenkrans der Rosenkranz κομποσκοίνι rosario roosikrants تسبیح rukousnauha chapelet מַחרוֹזֶת जपमाला, गुलाब का बाग krunica rózsafüzér tasbih talnaband rosario, corona ロザリオ rožančius, rožinis rožukronis tasbih rozenkrans rosenkrans różaniec rosário mătănii чётки ruženec rožni venec brojanica radband สายลูกประคำของคริสต์นิกายโรมันคาทอลิก tesbih 一串念珠 молитви з чотками گلاب کے پھولوں کا تختہ chuỗi tràng hạt 一串念珠