0 a string of beads (= little decorative balls) used especially by Roman Catholics and Buddhists to count prayers, or the prayers themselves: --
She was saying the rosary.
1 a series of prayers said by Roman Catholics, or a string of beads (= little balls) used to count prayers --
The hard, five-grooved seeds were widely used for making rosaries and other products requiring beads, before their replacement by modern plastics.
Also, theology classes hold weekly rosaries, reflections on bible readings, and solemn prayer.
Koonammavu is famous for the cottage industry of rosary.
While his lower right arm is in varada mudra, the upper right arm holds a rosary.
Additional votive offerings hung on the branches or deposited in the wells may include rosaries, religious medals, crosses, religious icons and other symbols of faith.
He holds a fan in his right hand and rosary beads in his left.
He insisted on blessing rosaries for pilgrims as he had done every day in his pontificate.
When he died in 1999, he was buried with a rosary and a reel of magnetic tape.
