| 单词 | living rosary |
| 释义 | > as lemmasliving rosary living rosary n. (a) a method of reciting the rosary by an association of fifteen members, each of whom undertakes to recite a specific decade, typically daily (sometimes monthly); an instance of this; (b) (now more usually) a method of reciting the rosary, in which each rosary bead is represented by an individual, who typically leads the prayer assigned to the bead he or she represents; an instance of this. [In sense (a) after French Rosaire vivant (1826 in the name of the Association du Rosaire vivant , founded in Lyons by P. Jaricot; compare quot. 1839).] ΚΠ 1839 Catholic Mag. Nov. 730 This association at Lyons is entitled the Association of the Living Rosary... It is a peculiar method of reciting in common the Rosary of our Lady. 1865 W. Strickland & T. W. M. Marshall Catholic Missions in S. India to 1865 vii. 105 The Living Rosary consists of an association of pious people, who agree together to recite amongst them the whole of the fifteen mysteries each day. 1904 N.Y. Times 31 Oct. 14 The ceremonies of dedication began..with the celebration of the Living Rosary... In the procession there were 170 children, one child representing each bead of the rosary. 1911 O. Zöckler in New Schaff-Herzog Encycl. Relig. Knowl. X. 93/2 Recently..there has been a tendency to form ‘Living Rosaries’, each of fifteen members, each reciting a decade daily. 1987 M. Dorris Yellow Raft in Blue Water iii. 35 I was a bead in the living rosary at the racetrack, between the first and second joyful mysteries. 2008 Evening Sun (Hanover, Pa.) (Nexis) 1 Feb. [The school] had its students create a living rosary with each student representing a different bead. < as lemmas |
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