A small perforated ball or other body, a series of which (formerly called ‘a pair of beads’) threaded upon a string, forms the rosary or paternoster…
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| 释义 | society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > rosary > [noun] > bead of (8) bead1377 A small perforated ball or other body, a series of which (formerly called ‘a pair of beads’) threaded upon a string, forms the rosary or paternoster… prayer bead1630 Any one of a string of beads used in praying, esp. one of the beads of a rosary; = bead, n. 2a. Usually in plural. paddhereen1689 A bead of the rosary. Also: the rosary. Earliest in figurative context. Subcategories:— which opens to form diptych (1) — indicating paternoster is to be said (3) — corresponding to 'aves' repeated (1) |
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