(of rosary)
31rosary — [14] Rosary comes from Latin rosārium ‘rose garden’, a derivative of rosa ‘rose’. It was a common conceit in the Middle Ages to name collections of verse or similar short pieces after bunches of flowers (anthology comes from the Greek word for… …
32rosary — [[t]ro͟ʊzəri[/t]] rosaries N COUNT A rosary is a string of beads that members of certain religions, especially Catholics, use for counting prayers. A series of prayers counted in this way is also called a rosary. Estrada took a rosary from his… …
33rosary — UK [ˈrəʊzərɪ] / US [ˈroʊzərɪ] noun [countable] Word forms rosary : singular rosary plural rosaries a) a set of small beads used by Roman Catholics for counting a series of prayers b) the rosary a series of prayers said by Roman Catholics …
34rosary — [14] Rosary comes from Latin rosārium ‘rose garden’, a derivative of rosa ‘rose’. It was a common conceit in the Middle Ages to name collections of verse or similar short pieces after bunches of flowers (anthology comes from the Greek word for… …
35rosary — noun /ˈroʊzəri/ a) 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… …
36rosary — n. to pray, recite, say the rosary * * * [ rəʊz(ə)rɪ] recite say the rosary to pray …
37rosary — noun 1 (C) a string of beads used by Roman Catholics for counting prayers 2 the Rosary the set of prayers that are said by Roman Catholics while counting rosary beads …
38rosary bead — /ˈroʊzəri bid/ (say rohzuhree beed) noun 1. one of the beads on a rosary (def. 1b). 2. (plural) → rosary (def. 1b). 3. a jequirity bean. See jequirity …
39rosary — noun (plural ries) Etymology: Medieval Latin rosarium, from Latin, rose garden, from neuter of rosarius of roses, from rosa rose Date: 1547 1. often capitalized a Roman Catholic devotion consisting of meditation on usually five sacred mysteries… …
40rosary — noun Rosary is used before these nouns: ↑bead …
