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How to pronounce rosary in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms prayer beads
Type of beads, string of beads

Examples of rosary

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Rosary, which also won four individual events, finished the day with 288 points.
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In his rosary encyclicals, he described the Virgin Mary as mediating all graces.
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If confronted by the parish priest, Father Peter Maher, they recite the rosary.
From the canberratimes.com.au
Rosary freshman Rachel Burke was the meet's junior varsity swimmer of the year.
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He held a rosary and the trademark white handkerchief he carried to mop his brow.
From the time.com
Jacks will be substituted for rosary beads in teaching youngsters how to count.
From the washingtontimes.com
In addition to a string of beads the rosary comes in other forms for ease of use.
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This morning I walked into Ward 3 and about 15 were singing the rosary in unison.
From the newsweek.com
Dane William's surf board propped up on the sand, with a rosary draped around it.
From the ocregister.com
More examples
  • A string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by Catholics)
  • The Rosary is a novel by Florence L. Barclay. It was first published in 1909 by G.P. Putnam's Sons and was a bestselling novel for many years running, reaching the number one spot in 1910. ...
  • The Rosary is a 1931 British drama film directed by Guy Newall and starring Margot Grahame, Elizabeth Allan, Walter Piers, Robert Holmes and Irene Rooke. A woman takes the blame for a murder accidentally committed by her half-sister.
  • A series of Roman Catholic prayers, usually made up of five, fifteen, or twenty decades of Hail Marys, each decade beginning with Our Father and ending with a Gloria Be to the Father. ...
  • Prayer beads strung on a thread, used primarily by Roman Catholics.
  • A series of prayers; to assist the memory, the prayers are counted off on a string of beads
  • String of beads with a cross attached used by Catholics to count prayers. Designs vary, but often they are made specifically with certain number of small beads between larger beads to remind the person of the order of the prayers. ...
  • A prayer of meditation primarily on events in the lives of Mary and Jesus, repeating the Our Father, the Hail Mary and the Glory Be. Generally, the rosary is said on a physical circlet of beads.
  • A string of beads containing five sets with ten small beads. Each set of ten is separated by another bead. It also contains a crucifix. It is used in saying special prayers, usually to Mary where the rosary is used to count the prayers.