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• Rosary based prayers — are Roman Catholic prayers said on a set of rosary beads. These prayers recite specific word sequences on different parts of the rosary beads. They may be directed at Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary or The Father. [Ann Ball, 2003… …   Wikipedia

• rosary pea — n 1) a tropical leguminous twining herb of the genus Abrus (A. precatorius) that bears jequirity beans and has a root used as a substitute for licorice called also jequirity bean 2) JEQUIRITY BEAN (1) * * * 1. Abrus precatorius. 2. jequirity bean …   Medical dictionary

• 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

• Rosary of the Holy Wounds — The Rosary of the Holy Wounds (also called the Chaplet of Holy Wounds ) is a specific form of Roman Catholic prayer, said on the usual rosary beads. Like some other rosary based prayers (such as the Chaplet of Divine Mercy) it uses the usual… …   Wikipedia

• rosary — ro|sa|ry [ˈrəuzəri US ˈrou ] n plural rosaries [Date: 1400 1500; : Medieval Latin; Origin: rosarium, from Latin, rose garden , from rosa; ROSE1] 1.) a string of ↑beads used by Roman Catholics for counting prayers 2.) the rosary/the Rosary t …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• rosary — 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 …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Rosary — Ro sa*ry, n.; pl. {Rosaries}. [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. Tennyson. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Rosary shell — Rosary Ro sa*ry, n.; pl. {Rosaries}. [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. Tennyson. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• rosary — [rō′zər ē] n. pl. rosaries [ME rosarie < L rosarium, rose garden (in ML, rosary, garland of roses) < neut. of rosarius, of roses < rosa,ROSE1] 1. R.C.Ch. a) a string of five (sometimes fifteen) sets of beads (one large bead and ten small …   English World dictionary

• Rosary High School (Aurora, Illinois) — Rosary High School is a private, all girls, Roman Catholic high school in Aurora, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockford.Rosary High School was established in 1963 by the Dominican Sisters of Springfield, Illinois.cite… …   Wikipedia

• rosary — (n.) mid 15c., rose garden, from L. rosarium rose garden, from neut. of rosarius of roses, from rosa rose (see ROSE (Cf. rose)). The sense of series of prayers is 1540s, from M.Fr. rosaire, a figurative use of the word meaning rose garden, on the …   Etymology dictionary