Rosary

Word ROSARY
Character 6
Hyphenation ro sa ry
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Rosary"

What do we mean by rosary?

A form of devotion to the Virgin Mary, chiefly consisting of three sets of five decades each of the Hail Mary, each decade preceded by the Lord's Prayer and ending with a doxology. noun

One of these sets of decades. noun

A string of beads of 5 or 15 decades on which these prayers are counted. noun

Similar beads used by other religious groups. noun

A rose-garden. noun

A rose-bush. noun

A garland of roses; any garland; a chaplet. noun

Hence, an anthology; a book culled from various authors, like a garland of flowers: formerly often given as a title to works of such a character. noun

A string of beads carried about the person, either for mere pastime, as to occupy the fingers, or for reckoning, especially in numbering the prayers offered up at fixed times of the day. noun

Specifically, in the Roman Catholic Church: A series of devotions consisting of a specified number of aves (that is, salutations to the Virgin Mary), of paternosters (that is, repetitions of the Lord's Prayer), and of glorias (or doxologies). noun

A string of beads of various sizes representing the same number of aves, paternosters, and glorias respectively, used for marking off these prayers. noun

A string of eggs of a batrachian wound about the body or limbs, as of the nurse-frog or obstetrical toad, Alytes obstetricans. See cut under Alytes. E. D. Cope. noun

A counterfeit coin of base metal, illegally introduced into England in the reign of Edward I. noun

A bed of roses, or place where roses grow. noun

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. noun

A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections. noun

A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny. noun

Any marine gastropod shell of the genus Monodonta. They are top-shaped, bright-colored and pearly. noun

A series of prayers, usually made up of five, fifteen, or twenty decades of Hail Marys, each decade beginning with Our Father and ending with a Glory Be to the Father, sometimes including other prayers used in Roman Catholicism, and the Anglican, Lutheran, and Old Catholic churches. noun

Prayer beads, a string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in prayer, particularly in the Roman Catholic Marian prayer "Hail Mary" (Ave Maria)

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.

(by extension) A series or collection of thoughts, literary pieces, etc. intended for similar contemplation.

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.

A rose garden.

A string of beads used for counting the number of prayers one has said. Urban Dictionary

A girl with high class, goergous, stunning, beautiful face, curvy body. She is a wife materiel that thinks of the people she loves before thinking about herself. Urban Dictionary

A rope of beads used by Catholics to honor Mother Mary mother of Jesus Christ. Urban Dictionary

Beautiful good girlfreind Urban Dictionary

An all girls school in Anaheim, California. Also synonymous for "school filled with hoes." Skirts there have a tendency to be the size of a belt. They also contribute to deforestation with the ten million pounds of make-up used. Also, girls from Rosary tend to be cliquish. More than one girl has been bullied out of the school. They are most definitely considered to be not awesome. Urban Dictionary

A pearl necklace given by a priest of a catholic church, usually given to a young alter boy unsuspectingly. Urban Dictionary

Old girls school that is full of liars, two-faced b*tches and many weird creatures Urban Dictionary

Used by the famous singer Hozier, a pearl rosary simbolizes the delivery of a man's juice in the place where a rosary usually goes: the chest. Urban Dictionary

Anal Beads. Used to pleasure the anus, a serious of rubber beads increasing in size (like the beads of a Holy Rosary). Urban Dictionary

An all-girls school in california where everyone is either a bitch or a decent person. people are very judgy. the logic is that we are all defined by the people we sit with during lunch. lots of people leave for good reason but i guess its not the worst place in the world. maybe. Urban Dictionary

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The word "rosary" in example sentences

Like the Sanskrit _mala_, the English word rosary at first meant a garland of roses and subsequently a string of beads, probably made from rose-wood, on which prayers were counted. ❋ Robert Vane Russell (1894)

The rosary is a Biblical prayer method in which you meditate on events during the life of Jesus Christ while reciting certain commonly-known prayers --- two of which, the Our Father and the Hail Mary, are quotations from the Bible. ❋ Nissa_amas_katoj (2009)

The rosary is a devotion that grew up and developed over time until it reached its current standard form. ❋ Unknown (2007)

After a rosary is said by all, the Christ child, usually a life-size doll but occasionally a real baby, is placed on a bed of straw in the Inn. After midnight Mass, there's a fiesta with music, hot fruit punch, sugar cane, oranges, and candy. ❋ Unknown (2002)

I call the rosary a "miracle" rosary because all of the meditations deal with the miracles performed by Jesus both before and after his resurrection. ❋ Unknown (2004)

I call the rosary "ecumenical", since the prayers and "miracles" are either directly from the Bible or are derived from the Bible. ❋ Unknown (2004)

"Still, there must be no haggling; in ecclesiastical language 'ten' means ten beads; no doubt ... but I remember very well that after he pronounced the word rosary, the father expressed himself thus: 'you will say ten,' that means ten rosaries, for otherwise he would have specified ten ... of a rosary." ❋ Unknown (1877)

The name rosary, therefore, is well suited to this devotion. ❋ Math Josef Frings (1857)

The name rosary may be the subject of to-day's discourse. ❋ Math Josef Frings (1857)

According to Merriam - Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, the word rosary is derived from the Latin word rosarium, meaning rose garden, and has been a form of prayer - traditionally said with the aid of beads, since before the time of the Reformation. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Tabitha Ruiz says her silver and ruby beaded rosary is a gift from her mother that she’s worn ever since she was a child. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The string, called a rosary, consisted at that time of 15 units of beads. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Founder Greg Willits calls the rosary "a weapon of spiritual warfare" to keep men on the right path in a world full of temptations. ❋ Ana Campoy (2010)

Saying the rosary is a form of meditation on the life of Christ through devotion to the Virgin Mary. ❋ Ana Campoy (2010)

The rosary was [held] [inbetween] her hands as she [talked] to god. ❋ Morgan T. (2006)

[you are] so rosary! ❋ Economical (2010)

When she was [kneeling] by the [Altar] she was [praying the rosary]. ❋ ThePopeisCool (2020)

[Ah] that [gals] so rosarie ❋ BigLO (2014)

That girl had [her skirt] [hiked up] so high you could see her ass. Must have been from Rosary. Rosary is filled with [slutty girls]! ❋ Catholicschoolsurvivor77 (2009)

I was jerking off my priest and he gave me a [rosary] (or [pearl necklace]) as a [parting gift]. ❋ Purity82 (2006)

[Welcome] [to the] [zoo] of rosary school ❋ A Student With Bad Luck (2017)

"[Oh man], [Roy] was amazing! He gave me a [pearl rosary] and all" ❋ Bera Day Flinn (2021)

She kept her [unholy rosary] next the the [handcuffs] for those nights when it got really [kinky], or when she needed to service herself. ❋ Jake E. Meyer (2008)

[do you really] [go to] rosary academy? [damn that sucks] ❋ Thatonerosarygirl10 (2018)

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