rosary
ro.sa.ry \'ro-z-(*-)re-\ n [ML rosarium, fr. L, rose garden, fr. neut. of rosarius of roses, f]r. rosa rose 1: a string of beads used in counting prayers esp. of the Roman Catholic ro sary often cap 2: a Roman Catholic devotion consisting of meditation on usu. five sacred m ysteries during recitation of five decades of Ave Marias of which each begins with a paternoster and ends with a Gloria