Definition of Rosary

1. Noun. A string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by Catholics).

Exact synonyms: Prayer Beads
Generic synonyms: Beads, String Of Beads

Definition of Rosary

1. n. A bed of roses, or place where roses grow.

Definition of Rosary

1. Noun. A series of Roman Catholic prayers, usually made up of five, fifteen, or twenty decades of Hail Marys, each decade beginning with ''Our Father'' and ending with a ''Gloria Be to the Father''. Other prayers are also incorporated into the rosary. ¹

2. Noun. A string of beads used in counting the prayers said in a rosary ¹

3. Noun. A string of beads used in praying by members of some religions or denominations other than Roman Catholicism such as the Anglican Church ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rosary

1. a series of prayers in the Roman Catholic Church [n -RIES]

Medical Definition of Rosary

1. Origin: 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." 2. 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. "His idolized book, and the whole rosary of his prayers." (Milton) 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. 3. A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections. "Every day propound to yourself a rosary or chaplet of good works to present to God at night." (Jer. Taylor) 4. A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny. Rosary shell, any marine gastropod shell of the genus Monodonta. They are top-shaped, bright-coloured and pearly. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rosary

rosalia
rosalias
rosanilin
rosanilin dyes
rosaniline
rosaniline dyes
rosanilines
rosanilins
rosaprostol
rosaria
rosarian
rosarians
rosaries
rosarium
rosariums
rosary (current term)
rosasite
roscherite
roscid
roscoe
roscoelite
roscoes
roscovitine
rose
rose-apple tree
rose-cheeked
rose-colored
rose-colored pastor
rose-colored starling

Literary usage of Rosary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"No doubt can exist that the immense diffusion of the rosary and its confraternities ... The critical discussion of the rosary tradition was first seriously ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The recitation of the rosary is alone prescribed for the members—at present they undertake to recite the fifteen mysteries at least once in each week—but ..."

3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"The origin of the name rosary for an object bearing no resemblance whatever to a garland of roses is problematical. Some Roman Catholic authors derive the ..."

4. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"The mystik sweet rosary of the fayth- fol Soule. ... The Methode of saying the rosary of our blessed Lady, ..."

5. Poems by Alfred Noyes, Hamilton Wright Mabie (1906)
"LOVE'S rosary ALL day I tell my rosary For now my love's away: To-morrow he shall come to me About the break of day; A rosary of twenty hours, ..."

6. High Tide: Songs of Joy and Vision from the Present-day Poets of America and by Gertrude Moore Richards, Waldo Richards (1916)
"I, too, must pray; but, ah! for me There is a different rosary. I keep it close about my heart, — Not precious stone or carved bead Linked each to each, ..."

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