Rosary

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rosary \Ro"sa*ry\, n.; pl. {Rosaries}. [LL. rosarium a string of
     beads, L. rosarium a place planted with roses, rosa a rose:
     cf. F. rosaire. See {Rose}.]
     1. A bed of roses, or place where roses grow. "Thick rosaries
        of scented thorn." --Tennyson.
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     2. (R.C.Ch.) A series of prayers (see Note below) arranged to
        be recited in order, on beads; also, a string of beads by
        which the prayers are counted.
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              His idolized book, and the whole rosary of his
              prayers.                              --Milton.
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     Note: A rosary consists of fifteen decades. Each decade
           contains ten Ave Marias marked by small beads, preceded
           by a Paternoster, marked by a larger bead, and
           concluded by a Gloria Patri. Five decades make a
           chaplet, a third part of the rosary. --Bp. Fitzpatrick.
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     3. A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of
        beautiful thoughts or of literary selections.
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              Every day propound to yourself a rosary or chaplet
              of good works to present to God at night. --Jer.
                                                    Taylor.
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     4. A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently
        circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny.
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     {Rosary shell} (Zool.), any marine gastropod shell of the
        genus {Monodonta}. They are top-shaped, bright-colored and
        pearly.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rosary
       n : beads used in counting prayers (especially Catholic rosary)
           [syn: {prayer beads}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  87 Moby Thesaurus words for "rosary":
     Agnus Dei, Angelus, Ave, Ave Maria, Hail Mary, Holy Grail, Host,
     Kyrie Eleison, Paternoster, Pieta, Sanctus bell, Sangraal,
     aid prayer, appeal, ark, asperger, asperges, aspergillum, bambino,
     beadroll, beads, beseechment, bidding prayer, breviary, candle,
     censer, chaplet, ciborium, collect, communion, contemplation,
     cross, crucifix, cruet, devotions, entreaty, eucharistial, grace,
     holy cross, holy water, holy-water sprinkler, icon, impetration,
     imploration, incensory, intercession, invocation, litany, matzo,
     meditation, menorah, mezuzah, mikvah, monstrance, obsecration,
     obtestation, orison, osculatory, ostensorium, paschal candle, pax,
     petition, phylacteries, prayer, prayer shawl, prayer wheel, pyx,
     relics, rogation, rood, sacramental, sacred relics, sacring bell,
     shofar, silent prayer, suit, sukkah, supplication, tabernacle,
     tallith, thanks, thanksgiving, thurible, urceole, veronica,
     vigil light, votive candle