Rosary

Spanish Meaning

rosario

English Meaning

  1. Roman Catholic Church A form of devotion to the Virgin Mary, chiefly consisting of three sets of five decades each of the Hail Mary, each decade preceded by the Lord's Prayer and ending with a doxology.
  2. Roman Catholic Church One of these sets of decades.
  3. Roman Catholic Church A string of beads of 5 or 15 decades on which these prayers are counted.
  4. Similar beads used by other religious groups.