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A string of beads used in counting the prayers said in a rosary
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A string of beads used in praying by members of some religions or denominations other than Roman Catholicism such as the Anglican Church
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{n} a set of beads containing 15 paternosters and 15 ave-maries, mass, devotion
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beads used in counting prayers (especially Catholic rosary)
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A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections
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A string of beads used in praying by members of religions or denominations other than Roman Catholicism such as the Anglican Church
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A series of Roman Catholic prayers, usually made up of five or fifteen, or twenty decades of Hail Marys, each decade beginning with Our Father and ending with a Gloria Be to the Father. Other prayers are also incorporated into the rosary
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A rosary is a string of beads that members of certain religions, especially Catholics, use for counting prayers. A series of prayers counted in this way is also called a rosary. Religious exercise in which prayers are recited and counted on a string of beads or knotted cord, which is also called a rosary. Many of these devices are highly ornamental and incorporate jewels. The practice of using a rosary or "counting beads" occurs widely in world religions, including Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. In Christianity, the most common rosary is that of the Virgin Mary. Its origin is uncertain, but it is associated with St. Dominic and reached its definitive form in the 15th century
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{i} rose garden, bed of roses; series of prayers recalling events in the life of Jesus and the Virgin Mary (Roman Catholicism); string of beads used in prayer (esp. by Roman Catholics)
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A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny
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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
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A bed of roses, or place where roses grow
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