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rosary noun (rosaries) 1 a a rose-garden; b a rose-bed. Also called rosery. 2 RC Church a series of prayers with a set form and order in which five or fifteen decades of Aves are recited, each decade being preceded by a Paternoster and followed by a Gloria. 3 RC Church a a string of 165 beads divided into fifteen sets used to count such prayers as they are recited; b (also lesser rosary) now especially a similar string of 55 beads. 4 in other religions: a string of beads or length of knotted cord used in a similar way.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin rosarium rose-garden, from rosa rose.
rosary noun (rosaries) 1 a a rose-garden; b a rose-bed. Also called rosery. 2 RC Church a series of prayers with a set form and order in which five or fifteen decades of Aves are recited, each decade being preceded by a Paternoster and followed by a Gloria. 3 RC Church a a string of 165 beads divided into fifteen sets used to count such prayers as they are recited; b (also lesser rosary) now especially a similar string of 55 beads. 4 in other religions: a string of beads or length of knotted cord used in a similar way.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin rosarium rose-garden, from rosa rose.
rosary noun (rosaries) 1 a a rose-garden; b a rose-bed. Also called rosery. 2 RC Church a series of prayers with a set form and order in which five or fifteen decades of Aves are recited, each decade being preceded by a Paternoster and followed by a Gloria. 3 RC Church a a string of 165 beads divided into fifteen sets used to count such prayers as they are recited; b (also lesser rosary) now especially a similar string of 55 beads. 4 in other religions: a string of beads or length of knotted cord used in a similar way.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin rosarium rose-garden, from rosa rose.
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