rosary
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- noun
- /ˈroʊzəri/
- And in the spring when they're very small, they feel like beads, and I say my rosary while I work.
- rosary beads
- pray the rosary
- say the rosary
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Watch on YouTubeIf you trust the government, save dollars and take laps on your rosary beads and pray.
- If you trust the government, save dollars and take laps on your rosary beads and pray.
- Like when I was maybe when I lived in Mexico, my whole thing was going to pray the rosary with my grandma and my great grandma.
- And then, you know, downstairs you had asked you, we, we were talking about rosaries and I told you I still have mine.
- And as you mentioned, he completely wrecks himself over the question of where he his son's rosary is from.
- Maybe if you're Catholic and you like buying little medals or rosaries or tchotchkes.
Examples
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Our own closer inspection reveals that her rosary beads sit unused at her feet on the floor.
Academic text (2001) -
Oh, yeah, hand me my rosary beads.
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I leave Mother in the car saying her rosary and buy five.
Fiction book (1990) -
And what time's the rosary?
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We did not come all this way to hear rosaries, Father.
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You've got to pray the rosary with us.
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What a bother it was that she'd left her rosary in Charleston.
Fiction book (1991) -
Her eyes traveled from the rosary beads up along the white bedspread.
Fiction book (1997) -
Boys went to school, rosaries around their necks, chanting prayers to the Lady.
Academic text (2006) -
The priest led the congregation in reciting the rosary after the evening mass.
Synonyms
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A string of small round objects that people use to count religious words
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A string of beads used to count prayers often in Hinduism or Buddhism
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Etymology
Rosary comes from the Latin rosarium, which means 'rose-garden' or 'bunch of roses', because people thought of each prayer as a little 'rose' offered to Mary. So, a rosary is a string of beads you count like a row of small 'roses', and that is why it helps people keep track of their prayers.