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Definition of Rosaries

Rosaries
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. 2. (R.C.Ch.) 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. His idolized book, and the whole rosary of his prayers. --Milton. Note: A rosary consists of fifteen decades. Each decade contains ten Ave Marias marked by small beads, preceded by a Paternoster, marked by a larger bead, and concluded by a Gloria Patri. Five decades make a chaplet, a third part of the rosary. --Bp. Fitzpatrick. 3. A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections. Every day propound to yourself a rosary or chaplet of good works to present to God at night. --Jer. Taylor. 4. A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny. Rosary shell (Zo["o]l.), any marine gastropod shell of the genus Monodonta. They are top-shaped, bright-colored and pearly.

Meaning of Rosaries from wikipedia

- meditate on the mysteries. While most rosaries contain five groups of ten beads, called "decades", some other rosaries, particularly those used by religious...
- The Rosary may refer to: Rosary, Roman Catholic prayer beads The Rosary (house), a moated house built by Edward II in Southwark The Rosary (novel), a 1909...
- string. Small rosaries may comprise a single decade on the loop while retaining five beads and a cross on the pendant. Large Dominican rosaries may have 169...
- at the costochondral joints of rickets patients are known as a rachitic rosary or beading of the ribs. The ****s create the appearance of large beads under...
- the rosary, a Catholic prayer rope, cord or chain used to count specific prayers, commonly as a Marian devotion. The exact origin of the rosary as a...
- in diameter with a hole in the middle to introduce a finger. Like all rosaries, its aim is to enable a faithful of the Catholic Church to count the number...
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- The Feast of the Rosary (German: Rosenkranzfest) is a 1506 oil painting by Albrecht Dürer, now in the National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic. According...
- The Rosary Sonatas (Rosenkranzsonaten, also known as the Mystery Sonatas or Copper-Engraving Sonatas) by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber are a collection of...
- Holy Rosary may refer to: Rosary, a set of prayer beads used in a traditional Roman Catholic devotion The Holy Rosary, a prayer based on the rosary Holy...