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How to use rosary in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun

Rosary means 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). Example: “Rosary with threefoiled crucifix in Palestinian olive wood 8 mm ( 0,31 in ).”

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  • Rosary with threefoiled crucifix in Palestinian olive wood 8 mm ( 0,31 in ).2019, Unattributed, Holy Art. From the entry threefoiled
  • She worries over them now as a widow over rosary beads.2013, Deborah Paredez, “Auguste Arrives”, in Feminist Studies, volume 39, number 3, College Park, Md.: Feminist Studies, Inc., →ISSN…. From the entry wurst
  • Loving the rosaries of frank admittedness, throes of sinking ships and snakes speaking English.2011 February 8, Anthony Haas, Dawn Peyote, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 216. From the entry admittedness
  • In one hand he holds a rosary, in the other a ripe mango.2009, Vicky Ducrot, Four Centuries of Rajput Painting: Mewar, Marwar and Dhundhar Indian Miniatures from the Collection of Isabella and…. From the entry dhurry
  • Each complete circuit of the rosary thus represented ten thousand paces.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 295. From the entry pundit
  • The hyoid bone in her throat flutters as if discharging some subvocal rosary.1969, JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition. From the entry hyoid
  • Rosary in olive wood made by Palestinian artisans.2019, Unattributed, Holy Art. From the entry threefoiled
  • She slips her rosary out of her purse, works her fingers over the beads, and continues chanting her list of deads.2016, A. Wilding Wells, “Snowvale”, in Sunshine Bleeds a Black Edge (The Wild Things; 3), Hyp Notic Press, →ISBN. From the entry riches
  • They were the biggest rosary beads I ever saw, the beads were the size of big marbles or dobbers or taws.2004, Austin O'Donovan, O'Donovan from Garryowen, page 37. From the entry dobber
  • These swellings or blunt knobbings form the rachitic rosary.1981, Lewis A. Barness, Manual of Pediatric Physical Diagnosis, page 111. From the entry knobbing
  • She had a plastic bag hanging from a bedknob; she'd hawk up and spit the phlegm into it between decades of the rosary.2015, Alice Pung, Growing Up Asian in Australia. From the entry bedknob
  • Because of the length of the original rosary, it became customary to pay someone, usually a resident of an almshouse, to recite the prayers.2011, Where Did Beaded Flowers Come From?. From the entry bede
  • Syed Hassan, withdrawn, presented only his shamed back to the household, playing the radio, fingering the knobs like a rosary of penitence.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 511. From the entry shamed

Meaning of rosary

  1. noun 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. noun 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.
  3. noun A series or collection of thoughts, literary pieces, etc. intended for similar contemplation.

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Questions about rosary in a sentence

How do you use rosary in a sentence?
Rosary is used as a noun. For example: “Rosary with threefoiled crucifix in Palestinian olive wood 8 mm ( 0,31 in ).”
What is a short sentence with rosary?
“Rosary in olive wood made by Palestinian artisans.”
What does rosary mean?
Rosary means 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).

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