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   rosary

   /ˈrəʊz(ə)ri/

   noun

   • 1. (in the Roman Catholic Church) a form of devotion in which five (or fifteen) decades of Hail Marys are repeated, each decade preceded by an Our Father and followed by a Glory Be.
   • ▪ a string of beads for keeping count in a rosary or in the devotions of some other religions, in Roman Catholic use 55 or 165 in number: "she is telling her rosary"
   • ▪ a book containing a rosary.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘rose garden’): from Latin rosarium ‘rose garden’, based on rosa ‘rose’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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