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Rosary
see synonyms of rosaryNoun
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Rosary
see synonyms of rosarynoun plural -saries
1. Roman Catholic Church
a.
a series of prayers counted on a string of beads, usually consisting of five or 15 decades of Aves, each decade beginning with a Paternoster and ending with a Gloria
b.
a string of 55 or 165 beads used to count these prayers as they are recited
2.
(in other religions) a similar string of beads used in praying
3.
a bed or garden of roses
4. an archaic word for garland (sense 1)
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Rosary
see synonyms of rosary nounWord forms: plural ˈrosaries
1. Roman Catholic
Church
a.
a string of five (sometimes fifteen) sets of beads (one large bead and ten small beads in each set), used to count prayers as they are recited: at each large
bead an Our Father is said; at each small one, a Hail Mary; at the end of each set, the lesser doxology
b.
this group of prayers
2.
any string of beads used in praying
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Rosary
see synonyms of rosaryn. 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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