noun a bed of roses, or place where roses grow.
2. rosary ·noun a chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections.
3. rosary ·noun a coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in ireland in the 13th century for a penny.
4. rosary ·noun 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.