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# rosary

«rosary» in Mova's school dictionary: **A string of beads used by Catholic Christians to count…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a rosary, rosaries)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) A string of beads used by Catholic Christians to count prayers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosary/#m1)

2) (church) The set of prayers said with these beads, including the Hail Mary and the Lord's Prayer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosary/#m2)

3) (rare, old) A rose garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosary/#m3)

4) Rosary beads are also used by people of other faiths, such as Buddhists, to count their prayers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosary/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In church and religious education lessons Catholics pray the rosary, moving a bead with each prayer and thinking about events in the lives of Jesus and Mary. Some other faiths use prayer beads too, such as Muslims and Buddhists. Phrases: «say the rosary», «pray the rosary», «rosary beads».

### examples

- Granny says the rosary every evening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosary/#x1)
- The rosary has five groups of ten beads, called decades. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosary/#x2)
- She held her rosary beads during the service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosary/#x3)
- Catholics pray the rosary to think about Jesus's life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosary/#x4)
- The rosary was a gift for his First Holy Communion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosary/#x5)
- Muslims use prayer beads called misbaha, which are like a rosary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosary/#x6)
- They took their rosaries in hand and knelt before their household shrines, and burned precious incense, praying to Buddha to give them their heart’s desire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosary/#x7)

### note

Plural: rosaries. Catholics believe the rosary is a prayer, not a lucky charm, so wearing it as jewellery can upset some people. From Latin «rosarium», rose garden.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rosary» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rosary/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.