Rosary

['rəʊz(ə)rɪ] or ['rozəri]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by Catholics).

整理:纳撒尼尔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A bed of roses, or place where roses grow.

(n.) 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.

(n.) A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections.

(n.) A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny.

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解釋/意思:

n. the string of beads by which Roman Catholics count their prayers: a series of devotions aves paternosters and glorias: a rose-garden: a chaplet: an anthology.—Festival of the Rosary a festival on the first Sunday in October commemorating the victory over the Turks at Lepanto in 1571.

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