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Prayer Beads

Definition: Prayer Beads

Prayer Beads

Noun

1. Beads used in counting prayers (especially Catholic rosary).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonym: Prayer Beads

Synonym: rosary (n). (additional references)

Modern Usage: Prayer Beads

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Okay, prayer beads, 'God, please give me a sign! (Bruce Almighty; writing credit: Steve Koren; Mark O'Keefe)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: Prayer Beads

Domain	Title
Books	A String and a Prayer: How to Make and Use Prayer Beads (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: Prayer Beads

Language		Translations for "prayer beads"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏مسبحة الصلاة. (various references)

French		chapelet de prière. (various references)

Italian		corona del rosario. (various references)

Pig Latin		ayerpray eadsbay

Spanish		rosario (beads, rosarium, rosary). (various references)

Turkish		tespih (beads, rosary). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Prayer Beads

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-e-e-p-r-r-s-y"
	-2 letters: bayadeers, bayaderes, resprayed.
	-3 letters: abraders, bayadeer, bayadere, bedrapes, beeyards, bespread, paraders, respread, spreader.
	-4 letters: abrader, abrades, apyrase, arrased, arrayed, bayards, bearers, bedrape, beeyard, brayers, daresay, debaser, drapers, drapery, eyebars, parader, parades, prayers, preyers, readers, reapers, redbays, redears, rereads, respade, respray, sabered, sparred, speared, spearer, sprayed, sprayer.
	-5 letters: abased, abaser, abrade, ardebs, arrays, bardes, barred.
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Alternative Orthography: Prayer Beads

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 72 61 79 65 72 42 65 61 64 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01110010 01100001 01111001 01100101 01110010 00100000 01000010 01100101 01100001 01100100 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#114 &#97 &#121 &#101 &#114 &#32 &#66 &#101 &#97 &#100 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0072 0061 0079 0065 0072 0042 0065 0061 0064 0073

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50846791718423671677085

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial

5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography

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