单词 | rosary |
释义 | Word Frequency rosary(ˈrəʊzərɪ) nounWord forms: plural -saries 1. Roman Catholic Church a. a series of prayers counted on a string of beads, usually consisting of five or 15 decades of Aves, each decade beginning with a Paternoster and ending with a Gloria b. a string of 55 or 165 beads used to count these prayers as they are recited 2. (in other religions) a similar string of beads used in praying 3. a bed or garden of roses 4. an archaic word for garland (sense 1) Word origin C14: from Latin rosārium rose garden, from rosārius of roses, from rosa rose1 |
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