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Definition of rosary noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

rosary

noun

NAmE//ˈroʊzəri//

(pl. rosaries)

1[countable] a string of beads that are used by some Roman Catholics for counting prayers as they say them

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2the Rosary [singular] the set of prayers said by Roman Catholics while counting rosarybeads

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