(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
(天主教)念珠祈祷(一种数念珠的祈祷式,《圣母颂》念五遍[或15遍] ,每遍之前念《主祷文》,之后念《荣耀颂》),玫瑰经
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the congregation said the rosary .全体教徒念玫瑰经。
a string of beads for keeping count in such a devotion or in the devotions of some other religions, in Roman Catholic use 55 or 165 in number
(一串)念珠(天主教或其他一些宗教作祈祷时用的念珠,天主教使用55或165颗念珠)。
a book containing such a devotion
《玫瑰经》。
"late Middle English (in the sense ‘rose garden’): from Latin