Hail Mary

Definition: Hail Mary

Hail Mary

Noun

1. A salutation to the Virgin Mary now used in prayers to Her.

Synonym: Hail Mary

Synonym: Ave Maria (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Hail Mary

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Hail Mary or in latin Ave Maria is a traditional Christian prayer to Mary, the mother of Jesus. It is the central point of the Rosary, a prayer recited by Catholics, comprised of 5 decades, each consisting of

One Our Father (Pater Noster or The Lord's Prayer)
Ten Hail Marys
One Glory be to the Father

The Words of the Hail Mary

English

Hail Mary, full of grace,
our Lord is with thee,
blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, mother of God,
pray for us sinners, now, and in
the hour of our death.

Amen.

Latin

Ave Maria, gratia plena,
Dominus tecum,
benedicta tu in mulieribus,
et benedictus fructus ventris tui Iesus.
Sancta Maria mater Dei,
ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae.

Amen

In American football, "Hail Mary" or a "Hail Mary pass" is a play in which the quarterback throws the ball as far downfield as possible, hoping one of his receivers can catch the ball or that a defensive player commits a penalty which allows the offense to gain possession of the ball at the point of the foul. This play usually occurs at the very end of a half, and especially when the team on offense is trailing in the score.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hail Mary."

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Modern Usage: Hail Mary

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Now on a sins scale how bad is that? Can I Hail Mary my way out of that? (Runaway Bride; writing credit: Josann McGibbon; Sara Parriott) Every time I put my line in the water I said a Hail Mary, and every time I said a Hail Mary I caught a fish. (The Godfather: Part II; writing credit: Francis Ford Coppola) Why? Take a wild, flailing shot in the dark. Take a ridiculous, nothing on the line, Hail Mary toss from the back court heave as to why I might be avoiding you! (Sports Night; writing credit: Tom Brady; Kevin Falls)
Movie/TV Titles	Hail Mary (2003)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Hail Mary

Domain	Title
Books	Pray for Us Sinners: The Hail Mary Murder (reference) The Hail Mary (reference) The Three Greatest Prayers: Commentaries on the Lord's Prayer, the Hail Mary, and the Apostle's Creed (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Hail Mary (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Hail Mary

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hail Mary

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
hail mary	605
2003 hail mary	125
eminem hail mary	105
hail mary remix	79
50 cent hail mary	58
hail mary prayer	37
50 cent eminem hail mary	20
hail mary tupac	16
by eminem hail mary	11
download eminem hail mary	10
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Hail Mary

Language		Translations for "Hail Mary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		ave-maria (ave maria). (various references)

Hungarian		angyali üdvözlet (angelus, annunciation, the annunciation), üdvözlégy. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		アヘン中�' (abort, aperitif, append, appetizer, availability, Ave Maria, avenue, average, average golfer, avocado, axolotl, back-to-back homeruns, edible salamander, Mexican walking fish, neotonous salamander, opium poisoning, together, with someone). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		アベマリア (Ave Maria). (various references)

Manx		Failt yn Ainle (Angelus), Dy Bannee Dhyt y Voirrey. (various references)

Pig Latin		ailhay arymay.(various references)

Portuguese		AveMaria. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Hail Mary

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Coniothyrium diplodiella. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Hail Mary

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-h-i-l-m-r-y"
	-2 letters: aliyah.
	-3 letters: alarm, alary, aliya, almah, hairy, halma, hamal, hilar, ihram, laari, lahar, lamia, malar, maria, marly, rayah, riyal.
	-4 letters: airy, alar, alma, amah, amia, amir, amyl, aria, aril, army, aryl, ayah, haar, hail, hair, halm, harl, harm, hila, hyla, lair, lama, lari, liar, lima, limy, lira, maar, mail, mair, marl, maya, miry, raia, rail, rami, raya, rial, rimy.
	-5 letters: aah, aal, aha, ail, aim, air, ala, ama, ami, arm, ham, hay, him, lam, lar, lay, mar, may, mil, mir, rah, ram, ray, ria, rim, rya, yah, yam, yar.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-h-i-l-m-r-y"
	+4 letters: amateurishly, harmonically, holidaymaker.
	+5 letters: bathymetrical, chromatically, graphemically, holidaymakers, hypercalcemia, monarchically, rheumatically.
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