Rosary

  • 11rosary — UK [ˈrəʊzərɪ] / US [ˈroʊzərɪ] noun [countable] Word forms rosary : singular rosary plural rosaries a) a set of small beads used by Roman Catholics for counting a series of prayers b) the rosary a series of prayers said by Roman Catholics …

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  • 12rosary — [14] Rosary comes from Latin rosārium ‘rose garden’, a derivative of rosa ‘rose’. It was a common conceit in the Middle Ages to name collections of verse or similar short pieces after bunches of flowers (anthology comes from the Greek word for… …

    Word origins

  • 13rosary — noun /ˈroʊzəri/ a) A series of Roman Catholic prayers, usually made up of five, fifteen, or twenty decades of Hail Marys, each decade beginning with Our Father and ending with a Gloria Be to the Father. Other prayers are also incorporated into… …

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  • 14rosary — n. to pray, recite, say the rosary * * * [ rəʊz(ə)rɪ] recite say the rosary to pray …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 15rosary — noun 1 (C) a string of beads used by Roman Catholics for counting prayers 2 the Rosary the set of prayers that are said by Roman Catholics while counting rosary beads …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16rosary — noun (plural ries) Etymology: Medieval Latin rosarium, from Latin, rose garden, from neuter of rosarius of roses, from rosa rose Date: 1547 1. often capitalized a Roman Catholic devotion consisting of meditation on usually five sacred mysteries… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 17rosary — noun Rosary is used before these nouns: ↑bead …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 18ROSARY —    a string of beads used by Hindus, Buddhists, Mohammedans, and Roman Catholics as an aid to the memory during devotional exercises; the rosary of the Roman Catholics consists of beads of two sizes, the larger ones mark the number of… …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 19rosary — ro|sa|ry [ rouzəri ] noun count a set of small BEADS used by Catholics for counting a series of prayers a. the rosary a series of prayers said by Catholics …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20rosary — ro•sa•ry [[t]ˈroʊ zə ri[/t]] n. pl. ries 1) rel a series of prayers recited by Roman Catholics as a private devotion, usu. consisting of groups of ten aves preceded by a paternoster and followed by a Gloria Patri, each group being accompanied by… …

    From formal English to slang