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noun, plural -ries.
1.
Roman Catholic Church.
a.
a series of prayers, usually consisting of 15 decades of aves, each decade being preceded by a paternoster and followed by a Gloria Patri, one of the mysteries or events in the life of Christ or the Virgin Mary being recalled at each decade.
b.
a string of beads used for counting these prayers during their recitation.
c.
a similar string of beads consisting of five decades.
2.
(among other religious bodies) a string of beads similarly used in praying.
3.
a rose garden or a bed of roses.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
rosary
c.1440, "rose garden," from L. rosarium "rose garden," from neut. of rosarius "of roses," from rosa "rose" (see rose). The sense of "series of prayers" is 1547, from M.Fr. rosaire, a figurative use of the word meaning "rose garden," on the notion of a "garden" of prayers. This
EXPANDembodies the medieval conceit of comparing collections to bouquets (cf. anthology and M.L. hortulus animæ, "prayerbook," lit. "little garden of the soul"). Sense transf. 1597 to the strings of beads used as a memory aid in reciting the rosary.
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Medical Dictionary
rosary ro·sa·ry (rō'zə-rē)
n.
An arrangement or structure that is beadlike in appearance.
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Cultural Dictionary
rosary definition
A set of prayers common in the Roman Catholic Church, said during meditation on events in the lives of Jesus and of Mary, the mother of Jesus. A rosary is also the string of beads that the worshiper uses to count the prayers.
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