rosary
rosary Lexical Profile
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• noun
A string of knots or beads used in Roman Catholic devotion to count the component prayers of a standardized sequence.
"She held her grandmother's silver rosary tightly in her hands during the church service."
A Roman Catholic devotional prayer sequence consisting of a set number of Hail Marys, Our Fathers, and Glory Bes, accompanied by meditation on sacred mysteries.
"The congregation gathered in the chapel every evening to recite the rosary together."
A garden or bed devoted to the cultivation of roses.
"The historic estate features a nineteenth-century rosary with over two hundred varieties of heirloom roses."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Medieval Latin rosarium, originally meaning 'a rose garden' or 'garland of roses' (from Latin rosa, 'rose'), which came to be used figuratively in Christian tradition for a collection of devotional prayers offered to the Virgin Mary.