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Pronunciation: [ɹˈə͡ʊzəɹˌiz] (IPA)

Rosaries are a popular prayer tool used by the Catholic Church that are consisting of a string of beads used to count prayers. There are several synonyms for Rosaries that are commonly used in different parts of the world. In the United Kingdom, some people refer to them as prayer beads or chaplets. In Latin countries such as Mexico, the term "Santo Rosario" or "Santa Rosa" is used. In India, the word Japa Mala is used to refer to a string of beads used for prayer. In Arabic-speaking countries, the term Tasbeeh is used to refer to the Islamic prayer beads which are similar in function. While the name may vary, the purpose of all these prayer tools remains the same.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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    prayer beads, devotional objects, religious artifacts, religious objects.

Usage examples for Rosaries

And both of them would continue to sit there, fezzed and frock-coated, playing with their Rosaries, and discussing cautiously the outlook for Nilotic securities in the event of the English withdrawing....
"Command"
William McFee
They tell of kindness, of religious sympathy, of even greater royal favour, of the King's evident sympathy with Catholicism-how on one occasion he said, "I, too, am a Catholic," how on another his talk with the Queen on religious subjects was such that it would hardly be credited at Rome; of the success which attended the distribution among the ladies of the Court of the pretty religious trifles such as Rosaries and pictures, which the care of Cardinal Barberini had sent over; of the Queen's delight in a cross sent to her by the Pope-how she always wore it, and how she said that it was the most precious thing she possessed; of the favour shown to Father Sancta Clara at Court, and by Windbank-how it had even been proposed that he should preach a sermon in the Queen's chapel about the anniversary of the Powder Plot, "to exculpate the Catholics from treason against Princes"; how even the Jesuits acknowledged that never since the days of the negotiation for the Spanish match had the Catholics enjoyed such peace.
"Henrietta Maria"
Henrietta Haynes
The Filipino children use them to make Rosaries and other decorations.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera

Related words: rosary beads, rosary prayer beads, rosary

counters, rosary bag, rosary case, rosary holder, rosary centerpieces

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