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ro·sa·ry
/ ˈrōzərē/
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n.
(pl. -ries)
(in the Roman Catholic Church) a form of devotion in which five (or fifteen) decades of Hail Marys are repeated, each decade preceded by an Our Father and followed by a Glory Be:
the congregation said the rosary.
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a string of beads for keeping count in such a devotion or in the devotions of some other religions, in Roman Catholic use 55 or 165 in number.
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a book containing such a devotion.
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 "Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL)")
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Rosary High School builds on success
Newspaper article from: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL); 2/16/2003; 700+ words
; The Rosary High School Orchestra is traveling to Branson...Hall of Fame in Nashville. AURORA -- As Rosary High School's students pass through the...the surrounding communities. The current Rosary student body comes from Catholic and public...
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 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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Rosary finds its way back to one who lost it; In 1953 - when she was 6 years old - Dubuquer lost her mother's prized possession
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 1/27/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...accidentally dropped her mother's favorite rosary between the walls of the family home...could not retrieve the gold and crystal rosary, and soon afterward the family moved to another house. Over time, the rosary was forgotten. Two weeks ago, a worker...
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 "St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)")
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Broken rosary inspires 1,600.(St. Charles County Post)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 7/5/2004; 700+ words
; ...make. Clark prays the rosary every day en route to...take time to pray with rosaries. "The majority of my...beads for free. Each rosary takes a half hour and...for his use in making rosaries. A detail view of Bill Clark assembling rosary beads in his home in...
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 "Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)")
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Rosaries, for the boys.
Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA); 9/15/2004; 700+ words
; ...can do is make a rosary." So far, she...made more than 800 rosaries, with 600 more...the first Ranger rosary. Several of his...learned how to make rosaries in her religion...take over. The rosaries are generally shipped...how to pray the rosary and the Divine Mercy...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Rosary 101 Mother and son team up for primer on how to use classic spiritual tool.(Neighbor)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 3/31/2006; 700+ words
; ...Everyone wanted the rosaries but very few people really...know how to pray the rosary," Doyle said. Doyle...Geneva published "The Rosary Prayer by Prayer: How...the Christ-Centered Rosary of the Blessed Mother...have never been enough rosaries," Doyle said. "Every...
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 "The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)")
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ROSARY CHANGE GREETED WARMLY.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY); 10/15/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Roman Catholic Church - the praying of the rosary. The Catholic News Service reported Monday...believers already meditate on while saying the rosary. The service reported the pope would...also announce the start of a Year of the Rosary, dedicated to reviving that form of prayer...
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ROSARY MAKER SENDS PRAYERS AROUND THE WORLD Series: Everyday Heroes
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 7/10/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Through an international rosary-makers newsletter, rosary needs are communicated. Addresses to which rosaries can be sent are included along...supplier of beads and cord, says rosary makers produce 4,000 rosaries daily and this satisfies only...
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Rosaries, for the boys.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 9/16/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...can do is make a rosary." So far, she...made more than 800 rosaries, with 600 more...the first Ranger rosary. Several of his...learned how to make rosaries in her religion...take over. The rosaries are generally shipped...how to pray the rosary and the Divine Mercy...
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Rosary High School steadfast in empowering young women
Newspaper article from: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL); 2/19/2006; 700+ words
; The styles might have changed, but Rosary High School's commitment to superior...consistent through the years. AURORA - Rosary High School was established because of...announced the name of the school to be Rosary High School on Aug. 8, 1963. The building...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Rosary set to pop music is a hit
Newspaper article from: Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 7/26/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...selections Zablocki has downloaded are the Rosary Tapes, a collection of Roman Catholic prayers and meditations for the rosary set to contemporary music by a pair...Zablocki, a 25-year- old Catholic. The Rosary Tapes have helped open the centuries...
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rosary
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
rosary [rose garden], prayer of Roman Catholics...that use beads. The traditional Catholic rosary is a series of 15 meditations on events...and beads for introductory prayers. The rosary is often said in common, but it remains...
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Rosary
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Rosary. In Christianity, a Catholic devotion which consists in...see NENJU ), and are referred to in English as ‘rosaries’. Thus, many Sikhs use a rosary ( mālā ) to assist meditation. See...
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Mysteries of the Rosary
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Mysteries of the Rosary. The fifteen subjects of meditation connected with the decades of the Rosary . They are divided into three groups known as the Joyful , Sorrowful , and Glorious Mysteries (qq.v.).
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Bernadette of Lourdes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...a shepherdess, with the sheep and her rosary as her only companions. She had a difficult...quiet, devoted to the recitation of her rosary." Her life was about to dramatically...her waist, a yellow rose on each foot, rosary beads on her arm. It was the Virgin Mary...
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Sprenger, Jakob (1436-1495)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...the Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary, which was first erected at Cologne...the Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary, which brought him praise from leading Dominicans as an apostle of the rosary. In 1484, at the time the pope released...
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