ROSARY


Meaning of ROSARY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈrō-zə-rē, ˈrōz-rē ]

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 during recitation of five decades of Hail Marys of which each begins with an Our Father and ends with a Gloria Patri

2. : a string of beads used in counting prayers especially of the Roman Catholic rosary

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