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Salve Reginas

Salve Reginas is the plural of Salve Regina.

Meaning of Salve Regina

Noun

Salve Regina (plural Salve Reginas)

  1. A hymn to the Virgin Mary, one of the Marian antiphons, also prayed as part of the rosary.
    • The fifth remark is, that any person who cannot read or hear the Novena read, can make it by saying every day five Salve Reginas and five Ave Marias, saying first an act of contrition, and observing as far as possible the directions here given.1852, A Novena in Honour of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel […], page 7
    Synonyms:
    Hail Holy Queen
  2. A musical setting of this hymn.
    • I have often been scolded for this by Reutter, and especially when I composed a Salve Regina for twelve voices.1884, Franz von Seeburg, translated by J. M. Toohey, Joseph Haydn: The Story of His Life, page 40

Questions about Salve Reginas

What is Salve Reginas the plural of?
Salve Reginas is the plural of Salve Regina.

Words near Salve Reginas in the dictionary

  1. Salvatos
  2. salve
  3. salve bug
  4. salve bugs
  5. Salve Regina
  6. Salve Reginas
  7. salved
  8. salvee
  9. salvees
  10. salvelike
  11. salver

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