say one's beads
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tell one's beads — To say one s prayers • • • Main Entry: ↑bead * * * I tell (or say) one s beads use the beads of a rosary in counting prayers II see bead … Useful english dictionary
beads — n. 1) (rel.) to say, count one s beads 2) to string beads 3) (rel.) prayer beads 4) a string of beads * * * count one s beads (rel.) prayer beads (rel.) to say a string of beads to string beads … Combinatory dictionary
Use of Beads at Prayers — Use of Beads at Prayers † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Use of Beads at Prayers Beads variously strung together, according to the kind, order, and number of prayers in certain forms of devotion, are in common use among Catholics as an… … Catholic encyclopedia
bead — [bēd] n. [ME bede, prayer, prayer bead < OE bed < biddan, to pray, ask: see BID1] 1. a small, usually round piece of glass, wood, metal, etc., pierced for stringing 2. [pl.] ROSARY (sense 1a) 3. [pl.] a string of beads; necklace … English World dictionary
The Rosary — The Rosary † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Rosary I. IN THE WESTERN CHURCH The Rosary , says the Roman Breviary, is a certain form of prayer wherein we say fifteen decades or tens of Hail Marys with an Our Father between each ten,… … Catholic encyclopedia
Rosary — This article is about the Catholic Marian devotion. For other forms of the Christian rosary, see Rosary based prayers. For prayer beads in other religions, see Prayer beads. Roman Catholic Mariology A series of articles on Rosary Blesse … Wikipedia
bead — beadlike, adj. /beed/, n. 1. a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc. 2. beads, a. a necklace of beads: You don t have your beads on … Universalium
computer — computerlike, adj. /keuhm pyooh teuhr/, n. 1. Also called processor. an electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Cf. analog… … Universalium
bead — /bid / (say beed) noun 1. a small ball of glass, pearl, wood, etc., with a hole through it, strung with others like it, and used as an ornament or in a rosary. 2. (plural) a necklace. 3. (plural) a rosary. 4. any small globular or cylindrical… …
Obligatory Bahá'í prayers — Bahá í Faith Central figures Bahá u lláh The Báb · Abdu l Bahá Key scriptur … Wikipedia
religion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) System of faith Nouns 1. religion, faith; theology, isagogics, divinity, deism, theism, monotheism, ditheism, polytheism, pantheism; liberation theology; scientific creationism; hagiology; belief, truth … English dictionary for students
