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rosary en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɹoʊzəɹi/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English rosarie, from Latin rosārium, here in its sense as a garland of roses. The coin usage referred to the laurel wreath appearing on the obverse bust, as opposed to the bare head on the pollard. Doublet of Rosario and rosarium.

Meanings

1. Prayer beads, a string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in prayer, particularly of the Roman Catholic Marian prayer "Hail Mary" (Ave Maria).
2. A Roman Catholic devotion involving the repetition of a series of Marian prayers, usually 5, 15, or 20 decades of "Hail Marys", each decade beginning with "Our Father" and ending with "Glory Be to the Father", but sometimes including other Roman Catholic, Anglican, or Lutheran prayers.
3. (broadly) A series or collection of thoughts, literary pieces, etc. intended for similar contemplation.
   • Every day propound to yourself a rosary or a chaplet of good works, to present to God at night. 1655, “The Golden Grove; or, A Manual of Daily Prayers and Litanies, Fitted to the Days of the Week. […]: Agenda; or, Things to Be Done”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. […], volume XV, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co. […]; and Richard Priestley, […], published 1822, →OCLC, section I, page 32:
4. (historical) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a counterfeit debased form of the sterling silver penny of Edward I, at first accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.
5. A rose garden.
   • "My rosary!" sighed Elsie, with premonition of disaster, when she had determined the spot as exactly as she could. "Oh, Mr Carrados!" "I am sorry, but it might be worse," said Carrados inflexibly. "We only require to find the elbow-joint. Mr Bellmark will investigate with as little disturbance as possible." For five minutes Bellmark made trials with a pointed iron. Then he cleared away the soil of a small circle and at about a foot deep exposed a broken inch pipe. 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

Forms

Deriveds

rosary shell · rosary pea · rosarian · rachitic rosary · penal rosary · rosary bangle

Hyponyms

psalter (150-bead rosary for use with the Psalms)

Relateds

scalding (13th-c. counterfeit coin) · crockard (13th-c. counterfeit coin) · pollard (13th-c. counterfeit coin) · leonine (13th-c. counterfeit coin) · mitre (13th-c. counterfeit coin) · steeping (13th-c. counterfeit coin) · eagle (13th-c. counterfeit coin)

Translations (103)

az təsbeh (Catholic prayer beads) · nb rosenkrans (Catholic prayer beads) · es rosario (Catholic prayer beads) · et roosikrants (Catholic prayer beads) · vi kinh mân côi (devotion) · ga paidrín (Catholic prayer beads) · es rosario (devotion) · id rosario (devotion) · arz سبحة (devotion) · vi mân côi (Catholic prayer beads) · uk чо́тки (Catholic prayer beads) · th ปัด (Catholic prayer beads) · da rosenkrans (Catholic prayer beads) · fa تسبیح (devotion) · dsb paśerje (devotion) · ar سُبْحَة (Catholic prayer beads) · ru роза́рий (Catholic prayer beads) · lt rožinis (Catholic prayer beads) · ko 로사리오 (Catholic prayer beads) · haw lōkālio (Catholic prayer beads) · fi ruusukko (Catholic prayer beads) · ms rosario (devotion) · hu olvasó (Catholic prayer beads) · de Rosenkranz (Catholic prayer beads) · sq rruzarja (Catholic prayer beads) · nb rosenkrans (devotion) · dsb paśerje (Catholic prayer beads) · ce суьлхнаш (Catholic prayer beads) · th ประคำ (Catholic prayer beads) · lt rožinys (Catholic prayer beads) · sv rosenkrans (Catholic prayer beads) · cy llinyn paderau (Catholic prayer beads) · hu rózsafüzér (Catholic prayer beads) · bg броеница (Catholic prayer beads) · ko 묵주 (Catholic prayer beads) · ja ロザリオ (Catholic prayer beads) · ilo rosario (Catholic prayer beads) · fa تسبیح (Catholic prayer beads) · hy վարդարան (Catholic prayer beads) · cmn 念珠 (Catholic prayer beads) · gu ગુલાબમાળા (devotion) · pam rosaryu (devotion) · tr tespih (Catholic prayer beads) · ilo rosario (devotion) · sv rosenkrans (devotion) · nn rosenkrans (Catholic prayer beads) · eo rozario (Catholic prayer beads) · da rosenkrans (devotion) · eo rozario (devotion) · gu ગુલાબમાળા (Catholic prayer beads) · nl rozenkrans (Catholic prayer beads) · ko 염주 (Catholic prayer beads) · ar سُبْحَة (devotion) · lt rožančius (Catholic prayer beads) · my ပုတီး (Catholic prayer beads) · ga Coróin Mhuire (devotion) · pt rosário (devotion) · uk ве́рвиця (Catholic prayer beads) · ru роза́рий (devotion) · de Rosenkranz (devotion) · pam rosaryu (Catholic prayer beads) · az тәсбеһ (Catholic prayer beads) · fr chapelet (Catholic prayer beads) · la rosarium (Catholic prayer beads) · sk ruženec (Catholic prayer beads) · cmn 玫瑰經 /玫瑰经 (devotion) · tl rosaryo (Catholic prayer beads) · ru чётки (Catholic prayer beads) · it rosario (devotion) · ja 数珠 (Catholic prayer beads) · pt rosário (Catholic prayer beads) · cs růženec (Catholic prayer beads) · sh круница (Catholic prayer beads) · ceb rosaryo (Catholic prayer beads) · fi rukousnauha (Catholic prayer beads) · uk роза́рій (Catholic prayer beads) · be ружа́нец (Catholic prayer beads) · mk броеница (Catholic prayer beads) · lb Rousekranz (Catholic prayer beads) · ms rosario (Catholic prayer beads) · ca rosari (Catholic prayer beads) · id rosario (Catholic prayer beads) · gsw Bëtti (Catholic prayer beads) · fi ruusukkorukous (devotion) · fr rosaire (Catholic prayer beads) · is rósakrans (Catholic prayer beads) · pl różaniec (Catholic prayer beads) · it rosario (Catholic prayer beads) · sl rožni venec (Catholic prayer beads) · hu szentolvasó (Catholic prayer beads) · sk ruženec (devotion) · sv radband (Catholic prayer beads) · ja 念珠 (Catholic prayer beads) · cy paderau (devotion) · el ροζάριο (Catholic prayer beads) · ga paidrín (devotion) · ar مِسْبَحَة (Catholic prayer beads) · tl rosaryo (devotion) · ceb rosaryo (devotion) · ro mătănii (Catholic prayer beads) · sh krȕnica (Catholic prayer beads) · csb różańc (Catholic prayer beads) · ar مِسْبَحَة (devotion)