rosary
rosary — noun
1. A rosary is a loop of beads that worshippers in certain faiths move through with
A rosary is a loop of beads that worshippers in certain faiths move through with their fingers while reciting a fixed set of prayers. The word can also refer to the prayers themselves — especially the Catholic devotion known as the Rosary.
Feng inherited his grandmother's rosary and keeps it in the box beside her photograph.
possessive + object: inherited + grandmother's rosary
During the funeral service, Chidi held a rosary and repeated each prayer under his breath.
collocation: hold a rosary + repeat a prayer
Layla's wooden rosary from the cathedral has small silver beads between larger ones.
Minh's family keeps a rosary hanging on the wall near the family altar at home.
After the evening service, Christopher sat in the back pew and quietly prayed his rosary.
- prayer beads
Generic term for any religion's counting beads; less specific than 'rosary'
- mala
Hindu or Buddhist string of beads, usually with 108 beads; a different tradition from the Catholic rosary
- chaplet
A smaller Catholic prayer bead set (typically one decade) or a shorter devotion; narrower in scope
用法筆記
When capitalised as 'the Rosary,' the word refers specifically to the traditional Catholic cycle of prayers. In Buddhist contexts, the beads are often called a 'mala' (माला) rather than a rosary.