rosary

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ro·sa·ry /ˈrəʊzəri $ ˈroʊ-/ noun (plural rosaries) [countable] 1. RRCa string of beads used by Roman Catholics for counting prayers 〔天主教徒用的〕念珠2 the rosary/the Rosary RRCthe set of prayers that are said by Roman Catholics while counting rosary beads 〔天主教的〕玫瑰经say/recite the rosary Three nuns knelt there, reciting the rosary. 三名修女跪在那儿念玫瑰经。

Examples from the Corpus

rosary• She had names for them all, and would count them off sometimes like a rosary.• I saw Jack on deck alone after that, toying with a rosary, the first time I knew he carried one.• When he left, she stared at the empty space on the wall where his rosary beads had been.• Cer-tain rosaries are listed without mysteries.• Thérèse's ecstasy lasted through three decades of the rosary.• Fong told his children the few Latin phrases he could remember and the way to say the rosary.• After a moment or two of uncertain waiting, some one started the rosary.• The rosary last thing at night.Origin rosary (1400-1500) Medieval Latin rosarium, from Latin, “rose garden”, from rosa; → ROSE1

ro·sa·ry nounChineseSyllable

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rosary
ro‧sa‧ry /ˈrəʊzəri $ ˈroʊ-/

noun (plural rosaries) [countable]

Date: 1400-1500
Language: Medieval Latin
Origin: rosarium, from Latin, 'rose garden', from rosa; ⇨ rose¹

1. a string of beads used by Roman Catholics for counting prayers
2. the rosary/the Rosary the set of prayers that are said by Roman Catholics while counting rosary beads
say/recite the rosary