'Rosary' definitions:
Definition of 'rosary'
From: WordNet
noun
A string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by Catholics) [syn: rosary, prayer beads]
Definition of 'Rosary'
From: GCIDE
- 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 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- His idolized book, and the whole rosary of his prayers. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections. [1913 Webster]
- Every day propound to yourself a rosary or chaplet of good works to present to God at night. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny. [1913 Webster]
- Rosary shell (Zool.), any marine gastropod shell of the genus Monodonta. They are top-shaped, bright-colored and pearly. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rosary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Agnus Dei,
- aid prayer,
- Angelus,
- appeal,
- ark,
- asperger,
- asperges,
- aspergillum,
- Ave,
- Ave Maria,
- bambino,
- beadroll,
- beads,
- beseechment,
- bidding prayer,
- breviary,
- candle,
- censer,
- chaplet,
- ciborium,
- collect,
- communion,
- contemplation,
- cross,
- crucifix,
- cruet,
- devotions,
- entreaty,
- eucharistial,
- grace,
- Hail Mary,
- holy cross,
- Holy Grail,
- holy water,
- holy-water sprinkler,
- Host,
- icon,
- impetration,
- imploration,
- incensory,
- intercession,
- invocation,
- Kyrie Eleison,
- litany,
- matzo,
- meditation,
- menorah,
- mezuzah,
- mikvah,
- monstrance,
- obsecration,
- obtestation,
- orison,
- osculatory,
- ostensorium,
- paschal candle,
- Paternoster,
- pax,
- petition,
- phylacteries,
- Pieta,
- prayer,
- prayer shawl,
- prayer wheel,
- pyx,
- relics,
- rogation,
- rood,
- sacramental,
- sacred relics,
- sacring bell,
- Sanctus bell,
- Sangraal,
- shofar,
- silent prayer,
- suit,
- sukkah,
- supplication,
- tabernacle,
- tallith,
- thanks,
- thanksgiving,
- thurible,
- urceole,
- veronica,
- vigil light,
- votive candle