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Meaning of rosary | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈɹoʊzəɹi

Definitions

  1. Prayer beads, a string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in prayer, particularly of the Roman Catholic Marian prayer "Hail Mary" (Ave Maria)
  2. Prayer beads, a string of beads used to keep track of repetitions in prayer, particularly of the Roman Catholic Marian prayer "Hail Mary" (Ave Maria).
  3. A Roman Catholic devotion involving the repetition of a series of Marian prayers, usually 5, 15, or 20 decades of "Hail Marys", each decade beginning with "Our Father" and ending with "Glory Be to the Father", but sometimes including other Roman Catholic, Anglican, or Lutheran prayers
  4. A Roman Catholic devotion involving the repetition of a series of Marian prayers, usually 5, 15, or 20 decades of "Hail Marys", each decade beginning with "Our Father" and ending with "Glory Be to the Father", but sometimes including other Roman Catholic, Anglican, or Lutheran prayers.
  5. A series or collection of thoughts, literary pieces, etc. intended for similar contemplation
  6. A series or collection of thoughts, literary pieces, etc. intended for similar contemplation.
    broadly
  7. A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a counterfeit debased form of the sterling silver penny of Edward I, at first accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed
  8. A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a counterfeit debased form of the sterling silver penny of Edward I, at first accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.
    historical
  9. A rose garden
  10. A rose garden.

Equivalents

العربية المسبحة سبحة مسبحة وردية
Azərbaycanca təşbeh
Беларуская ружанец
Български броеница
Bosanski tespih
Català rosari
Čeština růženec
Ελληνικά ροζάριο
Esperanto rozario
Español rosario
فارسی تسبیح
Français chapelet rosaire
Gaeilge paidrín
हिन्दी माला
Hrvatski tespih
Bahasa Indonesia rosario
Italiano rosario
Latina rosarium
Lëtzebuergesch Rousekranz
Македонски броеница
Bahasa Melayu rosario
မြန်မာဘာသာ ပုတီး
Nederlands rozenkrans
Português rosário
Română mătănii
Русский розарий четки
Slovenščina rožni venec
Српски tespih
Tagalog rosaryo
Türkçe tespih
Українська вервиця
Tiếng Việt mân côi

Examples

“Every day propound to yourself a rosary or a chaplet of good works, to present to God at night.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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