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Definition of rosary in English: rosarynounPlural rosaries ˈrəʊz(ə)riˈroʊz(ə)ri 1(in the Roman Catholic Church) a form of devotion in which five (or fifteen) decades of Hail Marys are repeated, each decade preceded by an Our Father and followed by a Glory Be. Example sentencesExamples - After a relative's funeral, families and their friends pray the rosary for nine evenings, offering refreshments after each night's prayers.
- Occasionally he would pray the rosary during the week.
- Isabella felt so blessed by God that she offered two novenas, three rosaries and gave more donations to the order she was part of.
- After the walk, she says the rosary, sometimes all 150 Hail Marys.
- The mission began each morning with a Mass at five o'clock, followed by a second at nine-thirty and rosary in the evenings at seven with instruction.
- Nevertheless about 10 per cent of the early convicts were Catholics, and a network formed among emancipists to pray the rosary and maintain other devotional practices.
- I'm not one of those church-going kids who prays the rosary every night.
- Feasts of the village patron saint are celebrated, the rosary said every evening and funeral rites arranged and paid for when necessary.
- Claudette couldn't concentrate on the epistle or the gospel, couldn't settle down to the rosary.
- The old ladies were praying a rosary in the back of the bus.
- After each vision I would find the nearest church, seek sanctuary, kneel, and pray the rosary.
- Instead of saying the rosary, I kept saying her name as I paced my office wishing that I smoked (it was fine in the end).
- Do the Catholics make you say the rosary before lunch?
- She found an empty place in a pew in the back of the church and after she genuflected, knelt and began her rosary.
- They took communion; they recited the rosary (an increasingly popular devotion in this period); and they made their confessions, usually to a priest or a friar.
- He holds a degree from Northwestern University, speaks four languages fluently and as ‘a good Catholic boy’ he prayed the rosary after Mass every Sunday.
- It had been a day or two since I had sat in a dimmed church, all alone, to say the rosary.
- 1.1 A string of beads for keeping count in a rosary or in the devotions of some other religions, in Roman Catholic use 55 or 165 in number.
she is telling her rosary Example sentencesExamples - He sighed deeply and I could hear him shift his fingers through the beads of his rosary.
- For the final touch, she'd added a rosary made of black glass and pewter, finishing off the look she was going for perfectly.
- He made the sign of the cross and grabbed his rosary.
- One man was holding a long string of rosary beads in his trembling hands.
- Her head was bowed, lips moving silently as she clutched her rosary beads.
- She went to Mass when she could get a ride; she ran her fingers over her plastic rosary, saying Hail Marys with each bead.
- It still has the red-beaded rosary I left on top of it when I came to visit.
- Taking a deep breath of his own, Patrick looked over at his mother as she slowly rocked back and forth, counting the beads of her rosary.
- Some delay to ensure every petal on their rose, each side of their prayer card and every bead of their rosary makes contact.
- I put on my wedding band and I grabbed my rosary, and I went upstairs.
- She lifted the rosary that hung at her belt and gently kissed it.
- I'll look for the rosary Mama gave me on my birthday.
- With her free hand in her pocket, clutching her rosary, she steeled herself against the crowd and followed Sean into the gym.
- She had her rosary beads, and was praying to St. Catherine.
- People I've never met before have sent me novena cards and rosary beads, and two or three people apologised to me and wished me support.
- So we can use things like crosses, holy water, bibles, rosaries, and even something as small as a speck of holy ashes.
- According to chronicler William of Malmesbury, her dying act was characteristically pious: as a final gift to the Priory, she ordered hung about the neck of a statue of the Virgin Mary her personal rosary of precious stones.
- I stroked the beads of the rosary, and the glitter of the tiny crucifix caught my eye.
- On the cot a seventy four-year lady is sitting with her rosary beads and chanting softly.
- The cousin put away his rosary and put on a confessional grin to admit, correctly in our eyes, that ‘Well, I guess it helps to have a Lutheran in the stands every now and then.’
Synonyms strand, rope, necklace, chaplet - 1.2 A book containing a rosary.
Example sentencesExamples - Their mailbox is packed daily with letters from well-wishers containing prayer cards, medals and rosaries.
- There are shops and stalls where you can buy rosaries, beads, postcards, books and fluffy toys.
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'rose garden'): from Latin rosarium 'rose garden', based on rosa 'rose'. Definition of rosary in US English: rosarynounˈroʊz(ə)riˈrōz(ə)rē 1(in the Roman Catholic Church) a form of devotion in which five (or fifteen) decades of Hail Marys are repeated, each decade preceded by an Our Father and followed by a Glory Be. the congregation said the rosary Example sentencesExamples - Occasionally he would pray the rosary during the week.
- After each vision I would find the nearest church, seek sanctuary, kneel, and pray the rosary.
- She found an empty place in a pew in the back of the church and after she genuflected, knelt and began her rosary.
- Claudette couldn't concentrate on the epistle or the gospel, couldn't settle down to the rosary.
- Feasts of the village patron saint are celebrated, the rosary said every evening and funeral rites arranged and paid for when necessary.
- After a relative's funeral, families and their friends pray the rosary for nine evenings, offering refreshments after each night's prayers.
- I'm not one of those church-going kids who prays the rosary every night.
- He holds a degree from Northwestern University, speaks four languages fluently and as ‘a good Catholic boy’ he prayed the rosary after Mass every Sunday.
- Instead of saying the rosary, I kept saying her name as I paced my office wishing that I smoked (it was fine in the end).
- After the walk, she says the rosary, sometimes all 150 Hail Marys.
- It had been a day or two since I had sat in a dimmed church, all alone, to say the rosary.
- They took communion; they recited the rosary (an increasingly popular devotion in this period); and they made their confessions, usually to a priest or a friar.
- The old ladies were praying a rosary in the back of the bus.
- Isabella felt so blessed by God that she offered two novenas, three rosaries and gave more donations to the order she was part of.
- Nevertheless about 10 per cent of the early convicts were Catholics, and a network formed among emancipists to pray the rosary and maintain other devotional practices.
- The mission began each morning with a Mass at five o'clock, followed by a second at nine-thirty and rosary in the evenings at seven with instruction.
- Do the Catholics make you say the rosary before lunch?
- 1.1 A string of beads for keeping count in a rosary or in the devotions of some other religions.
Example sentencesExamples - With her free hand in her pocket, clutching her rosary, she steeled herself against the crowd and followed Sean into the gym.
- For the final touch, she'd added a rosary made of black glass and pewter, finishing off the look she was going for perfectly.
- He made the sign of the cross and grabbed his rosary.
- She lifted the rosary that hung at her belt and gently kissed it.
- The cousin put away his rosary and put on a confessional grin to admit, correctly in our eyes, that ‘Well, I guess it helps to have a Lutheran in the stands every now and then.’
- On the cot a seventy four-year lady is sitting with her rosary beads and chanting softly.
- One man was holding a long string of rosary beads in his trembling hands.
- According to chronicler William of Malmesbury, her dying act was characteristically pious: as a final gift to the Priory, she ordered hung about the neck of a statue of the Virgin Mary her personal rosary of precious stones.
- People I've never met before have sent me novena cards and rosary beads, and two or three people apologised to me and wished me support.
- He sighed deeply and I could hear him shift his fingers through the beads of his rosary.
- I put on my wedding band and I grabbed my rosary, and I went upstairs.
- So we can use things like crosses, holy water, bibles, rosaries, and even something as small as a speck of holy ashes.
- I stroked the beads of the rosary, and the glitter of the tiny crucifix caught my eye.
- She had her rosary beads, and was praying to St. Catherine.
- Her head was bowed, lips moving silently as she clutched her rosary beads.
- I'll look for the rosary Mama gave me on my birthday.
- Taking a deep breath of his own, Patrick looked over at his mother as she slowly rocked back and forth, counting the beads of her rosary.
- She went to Mass when she could get a ride; she ran her fingers over her plastic rosary, saying Hail Marys with each bead.
- It still has the red-beaded rosary I left on top of it when I came to visit.
- Some delay to ensure every petal on their rose, each side of their prayer card and every bead of their rosary makes contact.
Synonyms strand, rope, necklace, chaplet - 1.2 A book containing a rosary.
Example sentencesExamples - Their mailbox is packed daily with letters from well-wishers containing prayer cards, medals and rosaries.
- There are shops and stalls where you can buy rosaries, beads, postcards, books and fluffy toys.
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘rose garden’): from Latin rosarium ‘rose garden’, based on rosa ‘rose’. |