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Definition: Rosary |
RosaryNoun1. Beads used in counting prayers (especially Catholic rosary). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "rosary" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Rosary \Ro"sa*ry\, noun; plural Rosaries. [from Late Latin expression rosarium string of beads, from Latin expression rosarium place planted with roses, rosa rose: compare to the French expression rosaire. See Rose.]. (references) |
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Literature | Rosary [the rose article]. A name given to the bead-roll employed by Roman Catholics for keeping count of their repetitions of certain prayers. It consists of three parts, each of which contains five mystries connected with Christ or His virgin mother. The entire roll consists of 150 Ave Marias, 15 Pater Nosters, and 15 doxologies. The word is said by some to be derived from the chaplet of beads, perfumed with roses, given by the Virgin to St. Dominic. (This cannot be correct, as it was in use A.D. 1100.) Others say the first chaplet of the kind was made of rosewood; others, again, maintain that it takes its name from the "Mystical Rose," one of the titles of the Virgin. The set is sometimes called "fifteens," from its containing 15 "doxologies," 15 "Our Fathers," and 10 times 15 or 150 "Hail Marys." (Latin, rosarium.) The "Devotion of the Rosary" takes different forms:- (1) the Greater Rosary, or recitation of the whole fifteen mysteries; (2) the Lesser Rosary, or recitation of one of the mysteries; and (3) the Living Rosary, or the recitation of the fifteen mysteries by fifteen different persons in combination. In regard to the "rosewood," this etymology is extremely doubtful. The beads are now made of berries, wood, stone, ivory, metal, etc., sometimes of considerable value. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Rosary is an important and traditional prayer recited by many Roman Catholics, combining prayer and meditation in a sequence of ten 'Hail Marys' called a decade. [1] The name comes fron Italian Rosario, that means "crown of roses". A standard rosary involves the repetition of five decades of the Rosary. A complete Rosary involves the completion of twenty decades. While the Rosary was said by many Roman Catholics in the past, its use has declined since Vatican II.
The Mysteries
The Rosary was traditionally 'dedicated' to one of three sets of 'mysteries' to be said in sequence, one per night; the Joyful Mysteries, Sorrowful Mysteries and the Glorious Mysteries. In an unprecedented break with tradition, Pope John Paul II in his encyclical Rosarium Virginis Mariae (October 2002) introduced a fourth set, called the Mysteries of the Light. Each set has within it five different themes to be meditated on, one for each decade of ten Hail Marys.
The Nativity
The third of the Joyful Mysteries
Joyful
- Annunciation
- Visitation
- Nativity
- Presentation at the Temple
- Finding in the Temple
Sorrowful
- Agony of Jesus in the Garden
- Scourging of Jesus at Pillar
- Crowning with Thorns
- Carrying the Cross
- Crucifixion
The Crucifixion of Jesus
The fifth of the Sorrowful MysteriesGlorious
- Resurrection of Jesus
- Ascension of Jesus
- Descent of Holy Spirit
- Assumption of the Virgin Mary
- Coronation of Blessed Virgin Mary
Light
- Baptism of Jesus
- Wedding of Cana
- The proclamation of the Kingdom of God
- The Transfiguration
- The institution of the Eucharist
Types of Rosaries
Some national variations in terms of prayers used and structure occur as to the form of Rosary recited.
One Frequently Used Form
- a sign of the cross on the Cross and then the "Apostles Creed";
- an "Our Father" on the first red bead;
- a "Hail Mary" on each of the three small beads;
- a "Glory Be to the Father" on the next large bead;
- an "O my Jesus" on the large bead;
The Resurrection of Jesus
The first of the Glorious Mysteries
- an "Our Father" on the large bead;
- a "Hail Mary" on each of the adjacent ten small beads;
- a "Glory Be to the Father" on the next large bead;
- again an Our Father, ten Hail Marys, the Glory Be to the Father, and the Fatima prayer for each of the following decades;
- a "Hail Mary" and a sign of the cross.
A Regularly Used Alternative
- Opening prayer (variable)
- One 'Our Father', three 'Hail Marys', one 'Glory Be to the Father'
- Decade 1: One 'Our Father', Ten 'Hail Marys', One 'Glory Be to the Father'
- Fatima Prayer: O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, and lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of Your Mercy. (Our Lady at Fatima, 13th July 1917)
- Decade 2
- Fatima Prayer
- Decade 3
- Fatima Prayer
- Decade 4
- Fatima Prayer
- Decade 5
The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Heaven
The fifth of the Glorious Mysteries
linked into the Hail Holy Queen prayerHoly Mary, Holy Mother of God, Holy Virgin of virgins, Mother of Christ, Mother of divine grace, Mother most pure, Mother most chaste, Mother inviolate, Mother undefiled, Mother most amiable, Mother most admirable, Mother of good counsel, Mother of our Creator, Mother of our Savior, Virgin most prudent, Virgin most venerable, Virgin most renowned, Virgin most powerful, Virgin most merciful, Virgin most faithful, Mirror of justice, Seat of wisdom, Cause of our joy, Spiritual vessel, Vessel of honor, Singular vessel of devotion, Mystical rose, Tower of David, Tower of ivory, House of gold, Ark of the covenant, Gate of heaven, Morning star, Health of the Sick, Refuge of sinners, Comforter of the afflicted, Help of Christians, Queen of Angels, Queen of Patriarchs, Queen of Prophets, Queen of Apostles, Queen of Martyrs, Queen of Confessors, Queen of Virgins, Queen of all Saints, Queen conceived without original sin, Queen assumed into heaven, Queen of the most holy Rosary, Queen of Peace. Pray for Us.
- Prayer: Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy! our life, our sweetness, and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn, then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us; and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus; O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. Pray for us, that we may be made worthy of the Promises of Christ.
- Litany (the response after each is 'Pray for Us'. )
Eastern Christians also use similar strings of beads to pray, although among the Orthodox their use is mainly restricted to monks and bishops, not being common among laity or secular clergy. Many Eastern Christians use a prayer rope instead; its use is much more prevalent, and it is typically associated with the Jesus Prayer.
- Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world,
- R/ Have Mercy on Us
- Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world,
- R/ Have Mercy on Us
- Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world.
- R/ Hear Our Prayer
- Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
- R/ That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
- Final prayer (variable)
- One Our Father, three Hail Marys, One Glory be to the Father.
The Rosary is consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary.
The Origins of the Rosary
According to tradition, in 1214, St. Dominic received the first Rosary from the Blessed Virgin, in the first of a series of apparitions, as a means of converting the Albigensians and other so-called "sinners". However, the historical record indicates that the Rosary predates St. Dominic's time by centuries (indeed, similar prayer beads are found in many religions, and some have been found dating back to the antiquity), and the story of it being received by St. Dominic appears to be an invention from long after St. Dominic's death.
In her supposed apparition at Fatima (1917), the Virgin Mary allegedly revealed that every time a Hail Mary is recited, is like a rose was offered Her, so a complete Rosary is like a crown of roses. (This idea of a Rosary being a crown predates Fatima by centuries, and was expressed on several occasions by mediaeval Catholics.)
Rosary Beads
A Rosary Beads usually contains 50 beads in groups of ten (the decades), with an additional large bead in between each. Some beads have been known to have one hundred or one hundred and fifty are also known. These numbers were chosen to match the number of psalms, or a third or two-thirds of them. This was because in ancient times monks and clergy used to recite the entire psalter every day; the practice of saying one hundred and fifty Pater Nosters developed as an alternative for those who were illiterate or who could not afford a psalter. It was only in the Middle Ages, however, when prayer to Mary became common among Catholics, that the use of Ave Marias instead of Pater Nosters came about.
Our Lady of Lourdes
Catholic Image showing Mary
appearing at Lourdes with Rosary BeadsTraditionally, 15 decades used to be said in total, a total increased to 20 with the addition in 2002 of a fourth set of 'Mysteries.' Each decade traditionally corresponds to a mystery of Redemption, although the mysteries did not originate until the 15th or 16th centuries, and even then there was not universal agreement on what they were.
In a common form beads are true olive seeds; in past times there was a respectable trade in Rosaries made with olive seeds supposedly from the Garden of Gethsemane. Beads are sometimes made with sacred relics (or believed).
See also: prayer, Blessed Virgin Mary. Legion of Mary.
Compare with: prayer rope
External Links
- http://www.theholyrosary.org/
- http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13184b.htm
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Rosary."
Synonym: RosarySynonym: prayer beads (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Rite | Relics, rosary, beads, reliquary, host, cross, rood, crucifix, pax, pyx, agnus Dei, censer, thurible, patera; eileton, Holy Grail; prayer machine, prayer wheel; Sangraal, urceus. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Rosary |
| English words defined with "rosary": Comboloio ♦ prayer beads ♦ Rosaries, Rosery. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "rosary": Paternoster Row. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | My mother used to hold a rosary in one hand while she beat me with the other (Law & Order; writing credit: Peter Yeldham) | |
Lyrics | And as she drives she rubs her rosary (Birmingham; performing artist: Amanda Marshall) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Laughter in the Rosary (1973) The Broken Rosary (1934) Her Rosary (1913) The Rosary (1911) | |
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| "Fatima Sanctuary" by Luis Alves Commentary: "On 13 May 1917, three children were pasturing their little flock in the Cova da Iria, parish of Fatima, town of Vila Nova de Ourém. today the diocese of Leiria-Fatima. They were called: Lucia de Jesus, aged 10, and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto," |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The professed nuns have in addition a rosary by their side |
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| "Rosary" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Rosary" is used about 87 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 87 | 35,390 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "rosary". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Charo | Female | Spanish | A rosary |
| Charo | Female | Spanish | Our Lady of the Rosary |
| Rosario | Female | Spanish | Our Lady of the Rosary |
| Rosario | Female | Spanish | A rosary |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "rosary": go through the rosary ♦ rosary pea ♦ rosary shell ♦ say the rosary. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "rosary": rosary-mumblers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
rosary | 1,667 | holy rosary credit union | 26 |
holy rosary | 210 | free rosary | 23 |
rosary bead | 195 | history of the rosary | 22 |
pray the rosary | 151 | rosary tattoo | 22 |
catholic rosary | 117 | rosary maker | 20 |
rosary bracelet | 115 | online rosary | 19 |
rosary prayer | 65 | rosary making | 18 |
mystery of rosary | 59 | ladys maker our rosary | 18 |
say the rosary | 51 | rosary making supply | 16 |
praying the rosary | 46 | make a rosary | 16 |
rosary part | 36 | rosary picture | 16 |
virtual rosary | 33 | child rosary | 15 |
rosary supply | 33 | rosary ring | 13 |
anglican rosary | 31 | luminous mystery rosary | 13 |
bead homemade rosary | 31 | holy rosary church | 13 |
bead handmade rosary | 31 | holy rosary school | 13 |
rosary necklace | 30 | 20 decade rosary | 12 |
rosary high school | 29 | light mystery rosary | 12 |
scriptural rosary | 28 | rosary meditation | 11 |
our lady of the rosary | 27 | rosary center | 10 |
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| Language | Translations for "rosary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | rruzare, tufë lulesh (bouquet, inflorescence, nosegay), tespihe (beads, chaplet, paternoster, rosaries). (various references) | |
Arabic | مسبحة (beads), سلسلة صلوات, سبح (laud, praise, swim), صلواة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | серия молитви, розова градина, молитвена броеница. (various references) | |
Czech | rùženec. (various references) | |
Danish | rosenkrans. (various references) | |
Dutch | rozenkrans, rist (cluster, series, set), reeks (file, line, rank, row, series, set, turn), bidsnoer. (various references) | |
Esperanto | rozario. (various references) | |
Faeroese | rósukransur. (various references) | |
Farsi | گلستان (Rosery), تسبیح (Hallelujah), ذکرباتسبیح . (various references) | |
Finnish | rukousnauha. (various references) | |
French | rosaire, chapelet. (various references) | |
German | Rosenkranz (beads). (various references) | |
Greek | κήποσ με τριαντάφυλλα, κομβολόγιον για προσευχέσ, κομπολόι, ροδοστέφανοσ, προσευχαί. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מחרוזת תפילה, ורדינה (rosebush), סדר תפילות (liturgy). (various references) | |
Hungarian | rózsafüzér (beads), olvasó (beads, reader, readership, reading), rózsakert (rosaria, rosarium), rózsacsokor, rózsaágy (bed of roses), rózsáskert (rosaria, rosarium), antológia (anthology, garland). (various references) | |
Indonesian | rosario, tasbih. (various references) | |
Italian | rosario (bead). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ロケット発射筒 (location hunting, locomotive, logo, logos, logotype, Los Angeles, rocket launcher, rococo, Russia), 数珠 (string of beads), 念珠 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ロザリオ , ねんじゅ (invocation), じゅず (string of beads). (various references) | |
Manx | garey rose (rose garden), cruineenyn Voirrey, crooin Voirrey. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | osaryray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | rosário (chaplet). (various references) | |
Romanian | mãtãnii (chaplet, paternoster), grãdinã de trandafiri. (various references) | |
Russian | сад или грядка с розами, розарий (rosarium), четки (chaplet, rosary beads), молитвы по четкам. (various references) | |
Scottish | leadan (a rosary, flowing hair, lock of hair, notes in music, the herb). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ružičnjak, brojanice. (various references) | |
Spanish | rosario (beads, prayer beads, rosarium). (various references) | |
Swedish | radband (paternoster). (various references) | |
Thai | สายลูกประคำ. (various references) | |
Turkish | tespih duası, tespih (beads, prayer beads), gül bahçesi (bed of roses, rosarium, rose garden, rose-bed, rosery). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сад з трояндами, чотки (bead, chaplet), гірлянда (chaplet, festoon, wreath). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sách kinh rôze chuỗi tràng hạt vườn hoa hồng. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | rosarium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Rosary" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Arosward, Crogary, dozmary, grossary, Kosary, ooearry, orary, Ornsay, Orsabrin, ossary, Prosar, resay, risoria, rogari, Roksareh, romary, rosaray, rosarium, Rosearre, Roserie, rosmary, rosnaree, rosor, Rouart, rovary, Rowsay, ruiari, Rusday, russify. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "rosary" (pronounced rō"zerē) |
| 3 | -z er ē | advisory, misery, supervisory. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-o-r-r-s-y" | |
-1 letter: roars, sorry. | |
-2 letters: oars, orra, osar, rays, roar, rosy, ryas, soar, sora, soya. | |
-3 letters: ars, ays, oar, ora, ors, ras, ray, rya, say, soy, yar. | |
-4 letters: ar, as, ay, or, os, oy, so, ya, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-o-r-r-s-y" | |
+1 letter: arroyos, orfrays, yarrows. | |
+2 letters: carryons, forayers, gyrators, portrays, rosemary, surroyal. | |
+3 letters: armyworms, carryouts, dooryards, foreyards, hydrators, pyorrheas, rostrally, soapberry, spirogyra, surrogacy, surroyals, yardworks. | |
+4 letters: astrometry, carryovers, castratory, clearstory, cornerways, courtyards, ferryboats, martyrdoms, porphyrias, portrayals, portrayers, spirogyras, storyboard, thyratrons, transitory, worrywarts. | |
+5 letters: aristocracy, arthroscopy, barbarously, barleycorns, chrysarobin, chrysoprase, copyreaders, crashworthy, cryptograms, dehydrators, freemasonry, garrulously, granophyres, horseplayer, hydrocracks, hygrographs, inspiratory, keyboarders, mycorrhizas, observatory, postprimary, procaryotes, prokaryotes, rancorously, rapturously, rekeyboards, respiratory, revisionary, rubythroats, salmonberry, sartorially, storyboards, stratocracy, subcontrary, swordplayer, translatory, tyrannosaur, yarboroughs. | |
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